[Louie Landale]

"Anti-Bluffing", I guess, is NOT betting a clearly good hand in the hopes the opponent takes the bait and bluffs.

"Bluffing" is betting a hand that has no show-down equity if called. Everybody must fold or you lose. Note that betting a good hand is still a "bluff" if the opponent will not call with a worse one.

"Semi-Bluffing", I prefer to think, is betting hands that have some but not a great deal of show-down equity if called; in the hopes that everybody folds. If you ARE called, at least you can still win. The theory here is that even if your hand isn't worth a clear bluff (the opponents will call too often), and isn't worth value betting (it isn't going to show down a winner often), it is the combination of these two that makes the bet profitable. The other theory is that if the opponents know that when you bet you always have SOMETHING, even if not a lot, you gain a great deal in the long haul.

Betting nothing but a flush draw with one card to go is a "semi-bluff". Betting the busted draw on the end is a "bluff".

- Louie