Gettin tricky TPNK

[GoblinMason (Craig)]

Agressor is over aggro but def not nutty other is tag.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 6 handed) converter

UTG ($390)
Hero ($416.15)
CO ($243.40)
Button ($347.60)
SB ($209.90)
BB ($858.65)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $2.
UTG calls $4, Hero calls $4, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $8</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, BB calls $4, UTG calls $4, Hero calls $4.

Flop: ($34) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets $10</font>, BB calls $10, UTG calls $10, Hero calls $10.

Turn: ($74) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets $20</font>, BB folds, UTG calls $20, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $100...</font>

[MTBlue]

Chip spewing

[GoblinMason (Craig)]

Care to elaborate? I thought it really seemed like CO was on something weak, and TAG really really looks to be on an A that wants to get to SD. My hand looks like a monster.

[lapoker17]

Check/call flop, c/r turn on a board like this often means a monster. Your line looks fine to me. As long as you've been playing solid, they need better than 1 pair to call you. This is not chip spewing, but if you don't end it here, you're done with the hand.

[HoldEmKillah]

Looks good to me

[Gugel]

The CO weakness might mean he has a very strong hand and wants you to stay in the pot.

If you take the check-raise line, do it on the flop so you don't throw away $100. (Raising $40-$50 on the flop after the CO bet $10 would have had the same effect and given a better idea where you stand.)

[TheWorstPlayer]

Yuck. C/c turn. Bet river. Hope to get looked up.

[MTBlue]

I know this line looks like a monster to a normal person playing high limit NL but this is not a normal monster line at 400NL it looks like a semibluff/ complete bluff. The other key bit of information is that the original raisers bet of 20 generally means he is willing to call a big raise. Most 400NL players will call any size raise short of an all-in if they bet 1/2 pot or less. I'd think this bluff would be better if your opponent had full potted it.

I know this seems crazy but I've 25K hands of 400NL in the last two weeks and those are the observations I've made. At 1000NL this bluff has a high success rate but 400NL this raise is chip spewing.

[flawless_victory]

this is good.

[TheWorstPlayer]

I don't understand. Do you think this is a good bluff or a good raise for value?