It
is rarely correct to try to bluff out two or more
people when all the cards are out; your chances
of success decrease geometrically with each additional
player in the pot. Paradoxically you might have
a profitable bluffing opportunity against each of
two opponents individually, but not against both
of them as a group. Suppose, for example, you are
heads-up on the end in a $10-$20 games. There is
$80 in the pot, and you think you can get away with
a bluff one out of three times. Clearly this is
an extremely profitable bluffing situation. Once
you will win $80, and twice you will lose $20 for
a net profit of $40 or an average profit of $13.33
per bet. |
