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    Default Spotting a check-raise bluff

    Yeah, yeah, I know playing 28s voluntarily from anywhere is fishy, let alone cold-calling a raise (tho only a min one) with it. I was just calling to outplay postflop--either catch a flop and rake in a big pot or take away the pot--but that's not why I'm posting this hand. Sometimes you just know when someone comes over the top of you on a board like this after raising preflop that they're counting on you having bluffed at it. This is why if you're going to make a big move on someone and are going to committ most of your chips, it's probably a better idea to just go all-in so the other guy doesn't have the possibility of restealing it on you. No f'in way he has a 3 here was my thinking:

    ***** Hand History for Game 1073307832 *****
    $100 NL Hold'em - Monday, October 18, 13:19:09 EDT 2004
    Table Table 14137 (6 max) (Real Money)
    Seat 1 is the button
    Total number of players : 5
    Seat 1: NotTooGood27 ( $164.2 )
    Seat 3: tvd25dpu ( $233.55 )
    Seat 6: trachea ( $79.78 )
    Seat 8: gizmo62 ( $97.05 )
    Seat 5: JussFoldem ( $70 )
    tvd25dpu posts small blind [$1].
    JussFoldem posts big blind [$2].
    ** Dealing down cards **
    Dealt to NotTooGood27 [ 8h 2h ]
    >You have options at Table 14203 (6 max) Table!.
    trachea raises [$4].
    gizmo62 folds.
    NotTooGood27 calls [$4].
    tvd25dpu folds.
    >You have options at Table 14203 (6 max) Table!.
    >You have options at Table 14143 (6 max) Table!.
    Allaces10 has joined the table.
    >You have options at Table 14203 (6 max) Table!.
    JussFoldem calls [$2].
    ** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, 2d, 6h ]
    JussFoldem checks.
    >You have options at Table 14203 (6 max) Table!.
    >You have options at Table 14143 (6 max) Table!.
    trachea bets [$6].
    NotTooGood27 calls [$6].
    JussFoldem calls [$6].
    ** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
    JussFoldem checks.
    trachea checks.
    >You have options at Table 14143 (6 max) Table!.
    >You have options at Table 14203 (6 max) Table!.
    NotTooGood27 bets [$15].
    JussFoldem folds.
    >You have options at Table 14203 (6 max) Table!.
    trachea raises [$45].
    NotTooGood27 raises [$75].
    >You have options at Table 14203 (6 max) Table!.
    trachea folds.
    >You have options at Table 14143 (6 max) Table!.
    NotTooGood27 does not show cards.
    NotTooGood27 wins $164
    >You have options at Table 14203 (6 max) Table!.
  2. #2
    When I do the CR bluff, it's almost always on the flop. It's cheaper. A decent CR should leave you head up against top pair, and if the turn doesn't pair the top card a sizable bet there takes it down pretty often.

    I say pretty often even though I haven't made this play hundreds of times yet.

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