NL400 77 bluff

[$upermad4it]

Party Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $2/$4 Blinds - 5 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter)

SB: $402.00
BB: $513.31
UTG: $462.60
Hero (CO): $899.00
BTN: $400.00

Preflop: Hero is dealt 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (5 Players)
<font color="red">UTG raises to $16.00</font>, Hero calls $16.00, 3 folds

Flop: ($38) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">UTG bets $30.00</font>, Hero calls $30.00

Turn: ($98) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players)
UTG checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $55.00</font>, UTG calls $55.00

River: ($208) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)
UTG checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $150.00</font>, UTG folds

Pot Size: $358.00

Villian is standard tag and I decide to call here preflop (how bad?). On the flop I decide to float, and sensing weakness on the turn I decide to convince him I have an A, and get him to fold his higher PP.
How's my line?

[catcher193]

preflop fine, I like a flop raise.

[88keyz]

umm...preflop raise, fire any flop

[RollinHand]

Yeah I like a flop raise too, hard for him to countinue without an ace.
As played, I bet more on the turn 72ish. If called I think I gotta check it down, I see AJ/AQ maybe making crying calls here.

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umm...preflop raise, fire any flop

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lol

[herbstl]

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umm...preflop raise, fire any flop

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2nd lol, I play med PP's for set-value - not for bluffing people

I never bet this river - you don't get an Ace to fold. A higher PP wouldn't call the turn bet. Imo the turn bet is good, but I check behind the river.

[Doug Funnie II]

I like this line a lot against not too tricky opponents. Preflop I know it has become more standard to 3 bet to gain FE on this and subsequent streets, but if he's like 18/15 you're probably getting called most of the time preflop, and can't really narrow his range much if he does call.

I like flop turn and river lines against a guy like this because your hand looks like AJ/AT and he is probably not going to try to blow you off of this with TT-KK. If he is tricky however, especially if he views you as tricky, then this line sucks a lot because him CRing turn with AK/AQ is much more likely, as is him calling down with TT+.

[DanJ.]

wait, why do u all like a flop raise? all we rep is a bluff...

[$upermad4it]

yeah I thought a flop raise looked more like a bluff, and my line looked more like AT/AJ detecting weakness. But I just decided to try this on a whim - how often should I be pulling moves like this on boards like this?

[jlocdog]

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yeah I thought a flop raise looked more like a bluff

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It would be. And there is nothing wrong with that.

[$upermad4it]

but it would encourage trickier opponents to not buy it.