Bluff catcher
A bluff catcher is a hand that beats only bluffs and loses to every hand your opponent would bet for value.
Whether to call depends on two numbers: your pot odds and how often your opponent bluffs. Facing a pot-sized bet you need to win 33% of the time.
Against a player who rarely bluffs, a bluff catcher is a fold however good the price looks.
Work it out
Pot odds calculator: Enter the pot and the bet you face. The calculator shows the odds you are getting and how often you need to win for a call to break even.
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Practise decisions like this in the trainer: ten hands at a time, with the answer and the reason.