[blml] Encrypted psychs

[Nigel]

[Richard Willey]
For what its worth, this strategy dates back considerably longer than
five years.  There is an old out of print book titled "Poker Strategy
- Winning with Game Theory" by Nesmith Ankeny that suggests linking
optimal bluffing percentages to specific card holdings.  The book is
at least 30 years old.  I've seen this basic principle discussed in
different bridge newsgroups for close to 15 years.

[nige1]
A friend Stewart Murray, named 10 8 6 4 2 of different suits a 
*squeegee-beegee*. Whenever he held this hand, he would bluff, raising 
before the draw, standing pat, then making a maximum raise after the 
draw.  In 1959, our Edinburgh draw poker school was quorate when, 
first to speak, Stewart picked up a squeegee-beegee and opened for 
4/-. Unusually, all six of the others played but nobody raised. 
Stewart stood pat and the rest of us all drew one card. With so many 
players in the pot, however, Stewart lost his nerve. He made the 
minimum mandatory bet of 6d. As a bluff this worked like magic! All of 
us had better hands but folded one after the other. I was last in line 
and folded with two small pairs  :(