bluffing is a huge part of poker in fact
it's an essential weapon in every
player's arsenal oh here's the top five
who transformed the skill of plopping
into an art form
is this real-life at number five its
Vanessa Selbst no one folds lightly to
Vanessa because everyone knows that
Vanessa is aggressor on the big game she
tangled with Antonio Esfandiari
in this hand she's bet the flop and the
turn in Antonio isn't a believer can
Vanessa sell her story on the river
Vanessa could have been semi bluffing a
five on the turn just as easily as she
semi bluffed her diamonds he's met
adequate resistance from Antonio the
whole way so I'm fairly certain she
knows she can't win this pot by checking
so the question is surrender or fire one
last bullet she's loading up and Vanessa
fires 50 9700 on a stone Bluff there it
is the over bet we've been here before
this bet is supposed to polarize
Vanessa's hand nuts her air and Antonio
can pretty much only beat air this would
be an absolutely sick call Vanessa could
very easily have played a huge hand the
same way
fifty nine seven fifty nine seven by
over betting she's giving him really
tough odds to make the call not even
getting to two one is a pair of six is
gonna win enough to justify those odds
not likely Antonio with 119,000 behind
he's probably still thinking about that
check raised on the turn if she had a
big hand which she really have given him
the chance to check behind finally and
people discount this more than they
should vanessa has the stupidity factor
in her favor
if Antonia calls he's wrong he feels
stupid
yeah and why don't you I think she has
I think she hasn't worst read ever well
that's what prologue the couch Canon
thanks but it's Antonio's read the
counts here and Antonio folt what is
going on
Antonio volts little bit dirty on the
pump fake by Antonio but Vanessa
wow what a sick Bluff lesson hey Antonio
may not have thought that one through
but at number 4 we find Johnny Laden
thinking long and hard about a very
difficult decision at the final table of
the EPT eleven grand final unless he
snaps off a five he's gonna have to
check well we weren't for way to the
flop heads up to the term which is a
fall that gives him extra outs now he
can catch a deuce for a straight the
question is he's gotta say this was what
is this guy calling with did he really
just have a seven suited not three bet
well now Mateos has to bet by betting
now now Johnny's got to say okay I got
if I call this one I got a call for the
rest on the river so it's not just like
hmm we'll see what he's got now Johnny's
got to think about well the bet is only
six fifty there's three million in the
pot okay I have six outs sure I'm not
the favorite but it's close you know
he's not getting the right price but
it's not that far off if Johnny's right
that he's up against the bluff his fives
are good
Shirley Cole great call from Johnny he's
getting slightly the worst price to draw
but he's also got the possibility of
having the best hand so the bet sizing
for Mateos allowed him to play this hand
ok another ace on the river that's a
good card for Johnny Lawton and it
doesn't seem like it but it's one less
ace that Mateos could have actions been
checked to the spot it's this is a
really exciting hand this is gonna get
replayed over and over
Odin oh my good he does it he goes for
it Wow this is gutsy Johnny wants to
play so bad he his Reed is right the
question is sometimes you can tell
Johnny's first instinct called
I got this guy beat he's messing with me
a lot to learn about some high-level
poker here where it's like you just go
with your gut and you trust you read and
both these guys have virtually nothing
but are playing a massive pot here what
he may end up doing is talking himself
out of his read
and I hope Johnny makes this call it'll
be epic one of the greatest if he makes
this call one of the best reads we've
ever seen it a final table when the
greatest plate hinges originally goes to
to on many lists as it just wanted this
one one of the greatest hands I've ever
seen if he makes the call he makes the
fold it still is a great hand but it's
so much more epic if Johnny makes this
call there goes the fold and logos the
plane so good where she calls he doesn't
call get show the bluff thing I think
this is in love with be putting so much
money in that hand with the right read
and then changed his mind although I'll
let you know
vaya con Dios back in the day before a
dreamer Taylor was born a three-bet
meant business a for bet was always aces
and a five bet didn't exist then Along
Came the internet and button flicking
became a thing a number three the German
bund akin with an interesting haircut
takes preflop leveling to a new level
contrary to what many might think this
isn't a mandatory three bet or even a
mandatory call to an early position
razor did you really think he'd fold
benny spindler three bets story checks
out
now 20,000 to play and hello Fulton is
gonna fall back with a six off okay so I
know I would be an advocate of re
raising Benny Spindler if you have any
sort of hand but a Benny's not the only
player in the hand be cold for betting
with a six is not a winning play overall
and see no justno so action back on
Benny with Bergstrom giving up his pair
of fours why fallin doesn't look very
comfortable does he oh way that could
just be because he's British no now
those I'm not calling chips Benny
Spindler is going to five bets to 90,000
I guess either King Jack is too weak to
call with and Benny wants to turn into a
bluff or we're just seeing a good
old-fashioned stack swinging contest
which by the way doesn't necessarily
equate to good poker though it is
awesome to watch Bolton has an auto muqt
he does have the best hand got it wonder
if he knows it though
oh my wood it's a six bet there's some
serious button clicking going on here
I'm not even gonna pretend like I know
if these guys should or are going to do
any more I'm out all right now I know a
lot of you kids out there spitting up
your energy drinks and fist pumping in
your hoodies like mad but to me this is
more like a game of chicken than poker
who will blink first
woman no benny spindler it's a 7-bit jab
Fulton has now invested half his ships
on this hand gotta wonder if he's
regretting it now oh my word this is the
sickest hand ever Benny Spindler shows
the king jack at the end as he rakes in
that part Benny Spindler went on to win
the EPT 8 London title the year before
that Daniel Negreanu stunned the table
with one of his favorite party tricks
right Daniel is determined angel small
river bet is a value hand that kid poker
can't beat although it's hard for him to
rep a hand he's bumping it up aces or
kings can I say that or is that illegal
heads up I can say what he has they're
not what I have okay
I'm thinking aces or kings you think
right Daniel really pulled the trigger
correctly on that one
slow Me's now thinking if you've read me
praise the Kings surely you can be a
still Kings I have to fold if I show one
do I have to show all okay okay I can
show one I can show one if I want to I
don't feel like it
I got I don't have a good one to show
those Kings look good though of course
I'm just saying it so I thought he had
but not that I can beat it
Daniel knows how to entertain the table
but for max entertainment you have to
show the bluff at number one from
shark-cage miss Finland Sara Shafak
pulls off the best Bluff of all time
on the very first hand
I mean Ronnie if you bust her on the
first hand he bets that it's Adam and
Sarah races with a straight rule you
have something yes I do
I believe you thirty thousand yeah
the way all my relationships start with
lies so Ronnie has called the race and
improves two trips on the turn oh boy
why are you checking you raised me on
the flop um
nunim she bets just over half the pot
Ronnie do not bust her before the
swimsuit portion Ronnie's clock is
running remember every plan has 30
seconds per decision if he thinks she's
bluffing he'll call if not he could
raise Michonne yeah I forgot that race
155
155 she really should not be calling
this 255 shiri raises what okay
I'm not used to those yep really huh
255,000 yes Ronnie calls which means
we're going to the river and that means
the cage is coming into play the board
bricks out for Sarah she has just a sigh
check she's blocked every Street so far
Marlin and she shops she slides out the
bluff card uh-huh oh my god I was is
happening I thought it would be I wanted
to stay and play with you miss Finland I
understand I know I am ten seconds
Ronnie Wow like there he's playing a
time bank chip he gets an extra 30
seconds there's a reason why the Finnish
reputation right I have a four he shows
her it's an you know I have trips I
don't I can fold his hand I don't know
how you play it'll play with you before
what is going on here if I fold his hand
and they see this fold and you have like
king queen or something Cindy the most
embarrassing thing ever for me
understand this right I don't have any
time to think over his hand I'm like a
nervous I don't know to and on it's nice
over there three hundred five hundred oh
my god six hundred five seconds and
Ronnie's folded holy schnikeys
it's a bluff
my show she has ain't my pony you're
coming to the cage is this real life oh
wow you got some balls girl I could have
two million chips oh my god good lay
down oh my god
rumor has it Ronnie is still in that
cage crying so those are the PokerStars
top five Bluffs keep an eye out for more
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