Marshal Strategy: Bluffing in Doomtown

Lapp 2019-10-04 10:50:47 UTC #1

A new article from Marshal Joe James!

http://pineboxentertainment.com/2019/10/03/bluffing-in-doomtown/

jordan_caldwell 2019-10-05 22:55:44 UTC #2

This article is Money

crx3800 2019-10-10 19:17:44 UTC #3

There isn't enough discussion here about this.

Some of my favorite bluffs;

not having a CR in hand for lowball so CLEARLY I don't have one for a shootout.
I'll take that one casualty because I can, and I don't have a CR in hand that I could have played, do I? I mean, I would have used it to save that dude, right?
"I've got nothing to lose" in a shootout, when you actually do, and you're hoping they will make the one mistake you need to get back in the game.
I don't have a Fourth CR, do I?
and so on.

crx3800 2019-10-10 19:19:22 UTC #4

I will happily lose the first round of a shootout, if I know I can set you up for a devastating CR on round 2.

Pr0digy 2019-10-11 17:32:44 UTC #5

A specific one I've seen go both ways with a new card: Ricochet - use it, draw a card, and "yeah, what are they chances I drew into ANOTHER Richochet?!" Well, I've done it at least once, and while the odds are low, its so brutal that it's not a hard bluff

davido4015 2019-10-12 14:51:24 UTC #6

Also, not playing a CR round 1. So obviously I don't have a CR
Well, opponent then 'Stakes Just Rose' or 'Pinto' in a good stud w/ influence coz it's safe to do so and I've just lost my bullet spud catcher.
THEN I hit 'em with Coachwhip or Bottom Dealin'

or I can cheat and still effectively use BD, coz they're out of easy disposables

Remember, boys n girls, cheatin' resolutions are a lot like proctology exams: 'tis better to give than to receive

Findegil 2019-10-15 11:43:52 UTC #7

What kind of situations are you thinking of where the same CR will do much more damage in round 2 than round 1?

Findegil 2019-10-15 11:43:59 UTC #8

Oops, sorry, I overlooked the last post here which answered my question, so you can really just delete both my posts in this thread.

crx3800 2019-10-15 12:28:45 UTC #9

I'm happy to answer in more ways. It's usually the Cheatin Resolutions that affect Hand Ranks where this comes in more often.

Just for sake of example, lets say you have a cheatin HR 3 and I have HR 2 I could drop you by 4 Hand ranks with What you know..., but it won't do much, I'll only win by 1 HR since you can't go below 1. If I can handle the casualty hit, I'll save it, especially at a 2 GR cost.

Then second round, I get a Full house (the hand I tend to expect from my deck) and you get a cheatin 4oak. I hit you with the CR I saved and now you're down 3 HR from me.

Of course, there are tons of things that can make situations like this pop up. Hand Rank manipulation is one of the biggest ones with cards such as Force Field and Calling the Cavalry.