Semi-bluffing?

Fredrik · #1 05-27-2005, 03:22 AM

Just started out in 25NL. Thanks to variance, I've managed +EV , but this is a situation that happens to me a lot. Please comment on the flaws in my reasoning.

Table is semi-loose with a couple of rocks. We haven't seen many hands from Villain, but so far he has seen 50% of the flops and never shown any aggressiveness.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) converter

saw flop|saw showdown

UTG ($8.72)
UTG+1 ($8.3)
UTG+2 ($19.25)
MP1 ($26.8)
MP2 ($26)
MP3 ($26.6)
CO ($24.45)
Hero ($24.65)
SB ($93.14)
BB ($23.5)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
3 folds, MP1 calls $0.25, 3 folds, Hero raises to $1, 2 folds, MP1 calls $0.75.

Flop: ($2.35) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets $1, MP1 calls $1.

My semi-bluff. I have two overcards, and I assume he either has the same or a PP. I play it like I have hit the jackpot (starting with A9s for example) and just try and milk him with a half-pot sized bet. He calls it though. Too weak of a bet?

Turn: ($4.35) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero checks.

If my semi-bluff didn't work on the flop, I just like to take a free card here on an unimproved turn instead of continuing to bet. Is that wrong?

River: ($4.35) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP1 bets $4, Hero folds.

I don't think he has a straight or a full-house. But he might have an A or any PP higher than 9. And I don't want to pay him $4 to find out. Or he did like everyone else and slowplayed his 9 trips, hoping that I as an aggressive player would continue to bet for him. When I didn't on the Turn, he decided to bet for himself. But a potsized bet seemed a bit large for that?

Final Pot: $8.35