The Stand Pat Bluff...

...and it's counterpart, the stand pat bluff-bluff Cheesy

Okay, if you know the game of 5 card draw you are more than familiar with the stand pat bluff. For those who don't know, the play is simple - stand pat, then bet/raise post-draw.

I had been playing in a friendly game, we were heads up and I had been ribbing this player for the past few minutes about stand-pat bluffing her. In actuality, I was dealt 2 straights pre-draw in a fairly close period of time, but I figured I would talk about bluffing her and see if it would lead to some loose calls. When this hand came up, it looked like the perfect opportunity to test my theory - bluffing the stand-pat bluff with a decent (but far from made) hand:

PokerStars Game #49213617950: Tournament #307506317, $3.00+$0.30 USD 5 Card Draw Pot Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2010/09/06 10:28:29 ET
Table '307506317 1' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 3: CardLovinCat (1200 in chips)
Seat 4: k06mars (3300 in chips)
CardLovinCat: posts small blind 25
k06mars: posts big blind 50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to k06mars [As 2h Ac 3c Qh]
CardLovinCat: calls 25
k06mars: raises 100 to 150
CardLovinCat: calls 100
k06mars: stands pat on [As 2h Ac 3c Qh]
CardLovinCat: discards 3 cards
k06mars: bets 200
CardLovinCat: calls 200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
k06mars: shows [As 2h Ac 3c Qh] (a pair of Aces)
CardLovinCat: mucks hand
k06mars collected 700 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 700 | Rake 0
Seat 3: CardLovinCat (button) (small blind) mucked [2s 9h 8d 9s 7d]
Seat 4: k06mars (big blind) showed [As 2h Ac 3c Qh] and won (700) with a pair of Aces