betting on the come vs semi-bluffing

can someone tell me with any authority the difference between betting on the come and semi-bluffing? for example, betting out at the turn hoping to fill yr straight or flush i have heard referred to as both. are betting on the come and semi-bluffing basically the same thing?

It's the same thing.


In The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky, semi-bluffing is defined as "a bet with a hand which, if called, does not figure to be the best hand at the moment but has a reasonable chance of outdrawing those hands that initially called it."

No - "betting on the come" is the more general term, while "semi-bluffing" speciffically means betting on the come with the hope of getting an opponent to fold a better hand, while considering the draw merely as backup in case the bluff doesn't work.


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Ignatius

You can semi-bluff with having a flush draw or straight draw. Betting middle pair with an Ace kicker would be an example of semi-bluffing but I don't think it can be called "betting on the come".

I think for it to be a true semi-bluff, there needs to be a possibility of your opponent(s) folding and you winning the hand outright.


In the vast majority of low limit games I have played in, opponents will pay the extra bets to see what you were raising with.


Not that betting on the come in low limit is a bad thing to do, it's a great thing to do! It does offer some deception on later hands when you are raising with the best hand and not on the come.