For those of you in the turmeltwostep group who have
patiently stayed tuned with nothing coming out
over these many months, here's my way of playing. I only
hope no one from the Brantford game is subscribed.

Whenever I raise with a premium hand, I raise with the
intention of putting in 7 bets, going all the way through.
Naturally, a few times a night, I'm on a limb bluffing.
Automatically, actually.

Most people don't bluff enough. That's because they're
looking for the right kind of situation which,
unfortunately, very rarely arises.

How often do most people bet out on a limb on the River with
nothing in their hand. Most would like to check out their
weak hands and see if they were beaten. I always want to bet
and hope to drive out a slightly better hand.

So my "go thru" style. guarantees a higher number of bluffs
that are automatically made.

In every situation where I have the premium hand and am
doing the raising, I commit myself to betting all the way
through or until I'm raised at which time I use the Call
Odds System to see if I have the odds to chase.

But if no one raises, I'm going to go thru every time.

Which means that once in a while, I'm cringing as I bet into
the field but they all fold and I take down the pot.

Now of course, I also have a particular style of play.
I pounce on the pot with my bet. That's done with a fast
hard bet with exactly the minimum number of chips, three
quarters and a nickel instead of 16 nickels, so the dealer
is on the caller's face with no time to think.

And before I suddenly pounce my bet into the pot after a
little thought, (pure show since I'm betting through anyway)
I mentally scream out "Yeehaa. my card" or "Yeehaa, scare
card." Because that scare card is just as scary to the other
guy except that you're the one who's projecting the Yeehaa
as you bet.

If you want to try this some time, I advise you give
yourself a cushion of 20 throwaway bets before you give up
the gothru method. When you hit a pot on a bet you were
cringing about throwing away, add those bets to the cushion.

I'd bet that you'll find yourself pulling off a dozen of
these power bluffs a night. And a couple will pay off. And
you'll be off on a cushion of extra bets that should keep
growing and growing as you yeehaa your way to a certain
number of bluffs that your game is probably now lacking.

I swear, heads up, I don't even look at the flop from behind
my shades. Watching my opponent, I just take the second to
let him think I'm watching the flop too before yeehaaing my
chips into the pot.

Though it may seem theatrical to many to see me pounce with
my chips with an extremely forceful bet, I do it all the
time, with and without good cards.

For most people, it's almost impossible to throw in a bluff
with great elan, but if you do it all the time, then you
throw in all bluffs with great elan all the time.

I'd rather be forceful with strong and weak cards to deter
calls when I'm bluffing at a pot than be meek and encourage
calls of one bet with a good hand. A style that increases
the chance of winning a whole pot is better than a style
that increases the chance of winning one more bet.

So it's Power Pouncing with a Yeehaa in your heart and
demeanor and you'll almost never be bluffed out of a pot
yourself and you'll make a bundle with value bets you may
not have made otherwise.

So if you play with me, check raise every time because you
can be sure I'm not going to check. But losing an extra bet
here and there is easily compensated for my winning an extra
pot here and there.