Doyle Brunson introduced the term “Post-Oak Bluff” for a very foul type of Texas Holdem play a player can carry out on the turn or on the river. This type of bluff is more likely to originate from the well-known old Texas road games.

In order to get the point of Texas Holdem Post-Oak Bluff, let’s consider the following situation. You are having a nut hand while playing the river and you start first. You are sure that you will win the pot, but of course, you want to win as much as possible. You suppose your opponent has something; however, you know for sure that the opponent thinks his hand is worse than yours. If you start to put into the pot a huge bet, he will exactly throw his hand in the muck.

Therefore in place of making a big bet, you put a modest amount somewhere between 20% and 25% of the current pot. So, the pot odds for him will be 5:1 or 6:1, and such odds are rather good so there is every likelihood that he will places a little more chips with a slight possibility that you are bluffing. It is certain not to be much, but it is sure to bring you a bit more profit. You can make such bets occasionally, as any other poker player can.

The post-oak bluff presents that idea in a different way. You have nothing on the turn or on the river, but you are playing as if you are having a strong hand. You put a small bet with the hope that your opponent will believe you are trying to make him put more money to the pot, and he throws his hand away.

It proves to be a striking play when it does work, but it needs comprehensive preconditions.

Thus, before you are going to use this bluff, you have to know a few things:

You must have watched your opponent making the tempting bet himself before, therefore you get sure he knows this basic poker bluff idea.
Your opponent has seen you make tempting bets, thereby knowing you apply such a bluff.
You should have seen that your poker opponent has folded to a modest bet, therefore you know that he will not always call with high odds in order to keep you honest.

You can see that there are quite many preconditions, but if there are all of them present you must try. The post-oak bluff strategy in Texas Holdem proves to be clever and cheap to make attempts to win more poker hand.

Also recommended:

1. The Check-Raise Bluff in Texas Holdem
2. Bluff is an important part of Texas Holdem strategy
3. The Bluff in Texas Holdem
4. An Example of the Play (Bluff on the Turn and River)
5. When Bigger Bluff Sizes Will Fold More Hands