Semibluff
 

Good or bad time to attempt?
$100 party, 7 remaining, 25/50 blinds, relevant stacks:
HERO(2370)
CO(1085)
BUTTON(935)
2 folds, HERO raises(125), CO calls(125), BUTTON raises(200), 2 folds, HERO calls(75), CO calls(75).

Flop: K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

HERO bets(2170)......?

Re: Semibluff
 

What are your cards? It's fine if you have an ace, but I wouldn't if you don't. Also I would bet about 400, moving in looks a lot more like a flush draw than a 2/3 bet (which looks a lot more like AK).

Re: Semibluff
 

SORRY lol i had 98clubs, at that point the size of the pot was 675, and my opponents had 735 and 825, so I don't think an all-in would look too much like a draw. If my opponent had more chips I could checkraise, but any bet by BUTTON is going to pot-committ him at this point. Basically I thought his most likely holdings were 1010-QQ which would be likely laydowns. Obviously any Ahigh isnt going to look me up. Basically, on that flop I figured if they hadn't hit the K it was mine, if they had then I will take two cards to try and hit my flush. Yes, it would have been a much better situation with the A as an overcard as I hardly would have been a dog at all, however I had only 98. Still a good bet or no?

Re: Semibluff
 

That push was the only play.

Re: Semibluff
 

It's both a ridiculous raise in the first place and a ridiculous allin on the flop. You really think in a double-raised pot, 4 ways, nobody is going to be able to look you up on K44? What on earth are you doing in this pot in the first place?

Re: Semibluff
 

I think you're in trouble. The minimum reraise worries me. I think button could easily have AA, KK, or AK. If he has KK you're drawing dead (or if he has AcQc). If he has a club, you've lost an out and only have a 33% chance to hit if you commit all your chips on a draw. I would check, and see what he bets, but as always, when my bluff doesn't work right away, I revert to weak-tight.