Basic Bluff

[HandFull]

I've been working on my poker face for some time, playing with a mirror nearby or having someone critique me.

But as of yet I haven't started trying anything by way of bluffing-by that I mean I try and guard my hand by not giving tells, but do not deliberately try and give false tells.

How do you start out with this-and is it easy to master?

[PokerGoddess]

It takes practice to work on removing your tells. One of the things to consider, if you have a tell and you are having a hard time correcting it...don't'

You can use you tell to your advantage. Use it to bluff and make people you think you have cards you don't and after you win a few hands because of this they will learn that they need to ignore your 'tell'.

[HandFull]

So you mean that instead of stopping them completely, you use them to your advantage as a bluff rather than giving a false tell-just consciously change the time you do it?

The problem then would be stopping it happening at other times, when you're not thinking about it :P

[QueenofHearts]

I have to watch it when I play with my husband...he knows my every move. But with others, so far I don't think I've had anything too obvious. A friend literally "yipped" when she got a full house in our last game. Friendly game, we could laugh...if that happened elsewhere...I don't think it would have been as much fun.

[HandFull]

Yes, your friend wouldn't have been yipping at the results of her slip up! That's a shame, but hey if your husband doesn't know you then who does?