[Zetack]

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Same is true for semi-bluffs. Some S-B situations are better than others, i.e., an open-ended draw w two overcards and a backdoor flush draw is a mathmatical favorite w two cards to come and much more effective than many other semi-bluff draws/opportunities.

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Given this comment and some of the others above I'm not sure everybody is on the same page here. The situation you describe is not a semi-bluff, its a value bet.

On the flop with an open-ender a backdoor and two overcards that I think are good when I bet it would be ok if I took the pot down but what I really want is to get all five of my opponents to come along with me and maybe the guy to my immediate right to put in a raise as well...

A semi-bluff has the word bluff in it because what you really want to happen is to win the pot right there...its semi because you have outs to the probable winner if you do get called.

Betting a draw is not necessarily a semi-bluff.

--Zetack