Re: Minraise bluff
It doesnt work here, and its a #chips issue.
The minraise is effective as a setup to a bigger bet, i find. Its not enough to serve a puropse by itself. It wont make SB fold a ten, or mid PP. What it does, is change the momentum in the betting back to you. You've showed some aggression, and can now come big at him on 4th street. THATS the convincing bluff-bet, and where you can put big pressure on villian.
But in this situation, the flop min-raise has built (if called), a t2700 pot. To which you can only push t1500. If he has a pair, you have committed suicide. You will be called, he has 3:1 odds.
Interestingly, if the pot hadnt been raised preflop, villian leads out for less chips (200 or 300 only), and your minraise can work then. You still have about t1700, but the pot is only t1500. Now thats the bluff.
Can you post the actual results of the hand, ilya?
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