1. If there are not that many players in the pot.
   
   • The fewer people, the easier it is to bluff. Chances are high that no one in the game really has acceptable cards. You still need to be careful, because bluffing with less players is quite common and you should only do it when you really know your opponents.
2. If you are up against fairly tight opponents
   
   • Players that fold quickly are your main target. However, if you bluff against a very tight player you need to reconsider if he is not biting. Again: know your enemies from the inside out.
3. If you are in a late positions and everyone else has checked
   
   • This is quite common and many will players will go along. That is why you need to maintain this technique for a couple of rounds in order to achieve success.
4. If the other players ‘fear’ you
   
   • It is all about your image. Once you have won a few hands with really good play, then most opponents will definitely respect you and they would be more likely to believe your bluff. The main trick is to play weaker cards in the exact same way as good starting hands. You should try to let the other think ‘here we go again’.

In one of his earliest election campaigns President Barak Obama was asked by reporters if he could name a hidden talent. His response to this was that he considered himself to be "a pretty good poker player." Poker players in the US heaved a sigh of relief, here, finally was a president who may take an interested view for online poker in the US. After all he was also responsible for getting together a regular poker game in the State Senate of Illinois.

The expectations weren't as high as he would take a personal or active stance in getting legislation passed to make online poker legal, but the expectations were that his administration would not be as anti-poker as the Bush Administration was. I mean we don't expect him to get personally involved; he has bigger fish than poker fish to fry; as President of such a huge and important country.

Now that the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York - Preet Bharara has gone ahead with indictments against bankers and operators as well as poker sites operating in the US; we wonder what's going to take place? President Obama did appoint this man as US Attorney. Certainly the feeling is that the President expects a man appointed in this high office to be able to act with autonomy, so, it is doubtful that the President ordered the indictments, and probably was not even aware of Bharara's intention to act. However, and this is a big however; the action has happened during this poker playing Presidents' term of administration and it doesn't make him look very good.