[Ghazban]

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Given that he hasn't seen me make any semibluff checkraises, does that lower the likelihood of him believing a flop checkraise to be one?

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Not really to me. It would seem to me like you were picking a scary board to make a stand. Obviously the check/raise would not be 'standard'. But when you have been letting him steal pots without a fight and now all of a sudden you are betting into him on a scary board when he raised preflop that HAS to set off warning flags. This guy seems decent. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him fold to a turn bet after you check/call the flop. Or perhaps a call and then not putting in any more money. But precisely BECAUSE you wouldn't want him to fold if you had a good hand, he would expect you NOT to check/raise a monster. A flop check/raise heads up always looks to me like the guy wants me to fold. Otherwise, why would he make such an aggro move?

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I see what you're saying but (to play devil's advocate) if he has some sort of suited connector or random cards that don't even beat ace-high, he certainly folds to a check/raise even if he thinks I might be semibluffing. He has to have a legitimate hand (even if its a weak one) to continue against my perceived semibluff. On the other hand, he might put more money in on the turn even with those terrible hands as a 2nd barrel bluff.

Anyway, checkraising the flop is probably a quality +EV play here for the reasons you've stated; I'm just pointing out a potential downside.