According to the 2006 WSOP champ, Jamie Gold, he would be pleased to be remembered as the top bluffer in the poker world. But if his last Texas Holdem tournament is any sign, his wish may not come true ever.

The site is the 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic held at the Vegas Bellagio Hotel Casino in 2007. Featuring $50 - $100 blinds and a $15,000 buy-in, Darrell Dicken is just barely holding on. The seat 4 player has just raised his bet to $300, a minor increase with only one player calling his play. “I put him as being weak,” Jamie said, “I was thinking about raising, but instead I just called with a 10-3 of hearts to see what would happen.”

Jamie thought that Brad Booth would make a move, which he did. He re-raised to $1600 from the big blind. Gold was thinking that Booth had a good hand, but he was in an excellent position to make a move considering the quantity of dead money in the pot. Dicken ended up folding, and the unknown in Seat 4 called Booth’s raise.

Now there was over $4000 in the pot, so Jamie wagered another $4000. His thought was, only if someone else had aces or kings there would be no possibility they would make that call. Jamie’s plan was to make a sizeable move on the flop, as long as no ace was dealt. The second part of his strategy was to get Booth to fold, which he did. Booth folded with pocket queens.

Out of the flop there was an ace of ace-6-5, two clubs. The player in seat 4 checked and Jamie bet $2000. Jamie’s primary thought was to make him think that he had clubs. Seat 4 threw out a $10,000 chip, but didn’t say anything thus changing his raise into a call. Jamie’s thought was that seat 4 most likely had an ace, but you have to defend it in case he hits his set on the next card.

A 2 of hearts appeared on the turn, and Jamie decided to fold to what he was thinking was a top pair kicker. Seat 4 displayed a king-jack off suit. Seat 4 overpowered Gold by bluffing with a better hand, he forced a magnificent poker play and kept the bluff going straight to the end.

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