SEMI BLUFF: When you’re bluffing with outs, if you do get called, you still have ways to win, such as betting a flush draw in the knowledge that you may win with a bluff or still make the flush if you get called.

NAKED BLUFF: When you’re bluffing with no outs, aware that the only way you can win is of you make the other player fold. Daring and audacious, this is a very high risk option that requires a precise read on your opponent and lots of guts.

RE-BLUFF: Sensing that someone else is making a move on a pot and fighting back to try to beat them at their own game. Often characterized as the strongest move in poker, this is an ultra-high risk, sophisticated play made by many top players mainly against other top players.

DELAYED BLUFF: A less spectacular version of the re-bluff, the delayed bluff consists of calling a bet with nothing against a seemingly weak opponent, with the intention of taking the pot away on a later betting round. This tactic often works best with position; if you call a bet on the flop or turn last and then the other player fails to follow through with a bet at the next opportunity, it frequently means they were stealing.

POSITIONAL BLUFF: Using good table position to exert pressure on the opposition. You may be raising to steal the blinds in late position, or betting one of the subsequent rounds in the hope that you can make a player pass a better hand.

CHECK-RAISE BLUFF: Checking to let your opponent bet after you with position, and then re-raising. This is both high risk, as the check raise almost always signifies strength, meaning you might force an opponent to fold.

TRAP: Feigning weakness with a very strong hand in the hope that an opponent will make an ill-timed bluff. This might be through slow-play, in which you check and call other player’s bets.

CHECK-CALL: An antidote to very aggressive players and a way of minimizing your damage if you fear you’ve walked into a hand rather than a bluff, check-calling means simply calling down an opponent when you think they have nothing.