Preflop four and five bet bluffs are one of the most exciting aspects of no limit hold'em. They keep the televised poker viewers and online cash game railbirds alike on the edge of their seats. Aggressive preflop actions remind us how fascinating and volatile of a game no limit hold'em actually is. A non-participatory spectator of a poker game rainbow Three or four cards of different suits, especially said of a flop. Betting a rainbow: to make a bet of one chip of each colour currently in play. Raise See main article: raise rake See main article: rake. Also juice, vig, vigorish rakeback.
Three betting is a critical part of modern poker. Before the advent of online poker, a third bet in no limit and pot limit games generally indicated a very strong hand. Now, as games have gotten more aggressive, the three bet is used quite liberally by players in cash and tournament play alike. How to Four-Bet Bluff in No Limit Hold'em Poker PokerStarsSchool 9 months ago in Poker Theory and Concepts Most of the time when you make a four-bet pre-flop you will be doing it for value with a really strong hand like pocket Aces or pocket Kings. Another bet is available (similar to the Pairplus in Three Card Poker), based only on the player's four card hand, called the Aces Up. Seven pay tables are available as indicated below. The only one I know of to be actually used is pay table 5.
It is the same as a re-re-raise and generally applies to pre-flop play in no-limit texas hold'em games. So if a player and another player raised again, this bet would be considered a four-bet.
The concept refers to all four-betting situations, whether four-betting for value or as a bluff. When four-betting as a bluff it's referred to as light 4-betting.
EXAMPLE 'Action folded to the CO who raises. The player on the BTN 3-bets and I 4-bet small with AA in the big blind hoping to get more action out of the very aggressive BTN 3-bettor.'
The reasons for four-betting with a big hand are pretty self explanatory. If you have a premium hand like AA, KK, QQ, you want to start building the pot preflop.
Watch the video below to better understand how to 4bet light.
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Poker Four Bet Range
Most of the time when you make a four-bet pre-flop you will be doing it for value with a really strong hand like pocket Aces or pocket Kings. However, if you are up against aggressive players who are three-betting a lot, you can't always afford to wait for a strong hand. Sometimes you have to make the occasional four-bet bluff just to keep them honest! It's a risky play but if you know the right times to attempt it, then there are many positives that can result.
The most important factor to consider is the likelihood that your opponent is bluffing when they three-bet you. Much of this knowledge comes down to your playing history with them. From your time spent at the poker table do you think they are capable of three-bet bluffing? Or are they such a tight player that whenever they show aggression they always have a strong hand? When you're in the heat of battle it may feel like you are getting attacked left and right with three-bets but, unless you see your opponent's hand at showdown, it's impossible to tell if you are just running into monster hands or being exploited. Four-bet bluffing against a player that is perpetually three-betting you will quickly give you an answer – if they fold you have discovered they are bluffing, and if they shove on you they obviously aren't!
Now that you've deciphered which opponents it is worth four-bet bluffing, it's crucial to talk about the starting hands you should bluff with. At first glance this appears to be irrelevant. After all, if you are bluffing the main way you intend to win the hand is from your opponent folding, not by having the best hand and winning at showdown. However, a process called card removal means that four-bet bluffing when you have a solitary Ace or King in your hand increases the chances of that bluff being successful.
As you probably know, there are only four Aces, four Kings, four Sixes and so on in a deck of cards. When facing a three-bet the main hands that you should be wary of are those involving an Ace or a King; specifically pocket Aces, pocket Kings, Ace-King and Ace-Queen. Card removal means that because you hold one of the four Aces or Kings in the deck it is statistically less likely that your opponent has one of those themselves. Therefore, the probability that they either have a good hand that can't stand the pressure (such as pocket Nines) or they are bluffing themselves increases. In turn, your own four-bet bluff is more likely to work! Card removal isn't an exact science – of course your opponent could still have pocket Aces even when you have been dealt A-2 – but it can subtly shift the odds in our favour, convincing us to attempt to a four-bet bluff.
Three betting is a critical part of modern poker. Before the advent of online poker, a third bet in no limit and pot limit games generally indicated a very strong hand. Now, as games have gotten more aggressive, the three bet is used quite liberally by players in cash and tournament play alike. How to Four-Bet Bluff in No Limit Hold'em Poker PokerStarsSchool 9 months ago in Poker Theory and Concepts Most of the time when you make a four-bet pre-flop you will be doing it for value with a really strong hand like pocket Aces or pocket Kings. Another bet is available (similar to the Pairplus in Three Card Poker), based only on the player's four card hand, called the Aces Up. Seven pay tables are available as indicated below. The only one I know of to be actually used is pay table 5.
It is the same as a re-re-raise and generally applies to pre-flop play in no-limit texas hold'em games. So if a player and another player raised again, this bet would be considered a four-bet.
The concept refers to all four-betting situations, whether four-betting for value or as a bluff. When four-betting as a bluff it's referred to as light 4-betting.
EXAMPLE 'Action folded to the CO who raises. The player on the BTN 3-bets and I 4-bet small with AA in the big blind hoping to get more action out of the very aggressive BTN 3-bettor.'
The reasons for four-betting with a big hand are pretty self explanatory. If you have a premium hand like AA, KK, QQ, you want to start building the pot preflop.
Watch the video below to better understand how to 4bet light.
Poker For Beginners Rules
Related terms on PokerDictionary.net
Poker Four Bet Range
Most of the time when you make a four-bet pre-flop you will be doing it for value with a really strong hand like pocket Aces or pocket Kings. However, if you are up against aggressive players who are three-betting a lot, you can't always afford to wait for a strong hand. Sometimes you have to make the occasional four-bet bluff just to keep them honest! It's a risky play but if you know the right times to attempt it, then there are many positives that can result.
The most important factor to consider is the likelihood that your opponent is bluffing when they three-bet you. Much of this knowledge comes down to your playing history with them. From your time spent at the poker table do you think they are capable of three-bet bluffing? Or are they such a tight player that whenever they show aggression they always have a strong hand? When you're in the heat of battle it may feel like you are getting attacked left and right with three-bets but, unless you see your opponent's hand at showdown, it's impossible to tell if you are just running into monster hands or being exploited. Four-bet bluffing against a player that is perpetually three-betting you will quickly give you an answer – if they fold you have discovered they are bluffing, and if they shove on you they obviously aren't!
Now that you've deciphered which opponents it is worth four-bet bluffing, it's crucial to talk about the starting hands you should bluff with. At first glance this appears to be irrelevant. After all, if you are bluffing the main way you intend to win the hand is from your opponent folding, not by having the best hand and winning at showdown. However, a process called card removal means that four-bet bluffing when you have a solitary Ace or King in your hand increases the chances of that bluff being successful.
As you probably know, there are only four Aces, four Kings, four Sixes and so on in a deck of cards. When facing a three-bet the main hands that you should be wary of are those involving an Ace or a King; specifically pocket Aces, pocket Kings, Ace-King and Ace-Queen. Card removal means that because you hold one of the four Aces or Kings in the deck it is statistically less likely that your opponent has one of those themselves. Therefore, the probability that they either have a good hand that can't stand the pressure (such as pocket Nines) or they are bluffing themselves increases. In turn, your own four-bet bluff is more likely to work! Card removal isn't an exact science – of course your opponent could still have pocket Aces even when you have been dealt A-2 – but it can subtly shift the odds in our favour, convincing us to attempt to a four-bet bluff.
Poker Four Betting
The final thing to bear in mind when four-bet bluffing is how much to bet. In general, when you are bluffing you want to bet the smallest amount that is likely to get the job done. This is because if it goes wrong and you are called, or shoved on, you want to have lost as few chips as you can. Typically, in a cash game where the effective stack size is 100 big blinds (BB), the initial raise will be to 3BBs and a three-bet to 10BBs. When thinking about a four-bet size a good number would be to make it somewhere between 22-26BBs. You can't really raise much smaller than this because even if an opponent is semi-bluffing with a hand like 7-6 suited they will now be getting great pot odds to call, see a flop and attempt to hit big. Making it bigger would be too risky – because we are mainly interested in getting players that are bluffing to fold, we don't have to bet that much to succeed if our instincts are correct.
