I've been watching some poker tournaments with Antonius, Negreanu and Cates lately. Most of the time the person with better combination actually wins, but there occur some great bluffs from time to time as well. Do you think it is better to fold if you don't have at least one high card in a pair or two cards of the same suit? Is it worth to try out overbetting tricks when you really have shitty cards? When I tried playing poker, overbetting usually made me fold, because it is a hard psychological attack for me and I am not the kind of a person that is willing to risk a lot. But I am bad at poker. What is your opinion on this matter?
Both are necessary, you cannot become a successful player in poker without bluffing, this is very important especially when you are in the latest positions like the button, if no one has raised it is almost mandatory to raise even if you have one of the worst hands since you could win the hand without even reaching the flop, personally I prefer to be a solid player playing mostly strong hands, but you need to understand that the number of players on the table greatly affects how many hands you should play, if in the table there are 10 or more players you need to play very tight but if you are playing a heads up match up then you need to play almost every hand regardless of what you have.