Quote Originally Posted by Massimo
But if you are almost never making big bluffs against decent players it's going to hurt the value of your other hands a lot.
Very true. In fact in his book 'Mathematics of Poker' Bill Chen stated that one should aim to be break even on his bluffs - that way he can be sure he's extracting the most money with value bets, which is according to Chen theoretical optimum. But then again how can you actually know true long term BB/100 on all your bluffs. Can anyone do it? Last night for example I was value betting A-high on paired 3-flush board. Was this a bluff? No, I had very very good read (thinly concealed brag, obv) that his one card straight draw missed and that my A-high top kicker is good.

My motto on this one is "first things first". Learn to be disciplined value bettor and only then start expanding your arsenal.