Darkened Poker

Here is the biggest and costliest difference between the .05/.10 & .10/.25 games on PokerStars.

At the .05/.10 levels you will often see a nice size pot built by the river and then suddenly there is an odd all in over bet on the river.  It was odd because the str8 or flush draw did not get there and a majority of the time just a desperate bluff.

A lot of inexperienced players either think they have to play aggressive poker and put a lot of money into the pot on a draw and/or if their draw does not get there they have to move all-in and try to save themselves.  It is very profitable over all to just pick off these bluffs, once it awhile you run into sets but at least 65% of the time it is a bluff.

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Now at the .10/.25 level those odds are completely reversed and I would say 75% of the time you will be shown the nuts and only 25% of the time you will be picking off a bluff.  There is a ton of people that noticed how many people were picking off big bluffs in the last level and are now taking advantage of it in this level.

Do not fall for it.  If the pot is small because there was not a lot of betting and they only bet around the size of the pot then go ahead and call as it will often still be a orphaned pot bluff.  But if you or someone was betting all the way and someone still moves in on the river they are hoping someone notices there is a missed drawn and are looking for the sucker that will make a BIG HERO call.

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Darkened Poker

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