Mookie-

Mainly I am referring to a turn or post flop bet....when my opponent has a decent hand or a good drawing hand--- for instance this weekend:

Me 10 10 in the small blind

$45 or so in preflop

flop is 3 3 Q rainbow

i bet 15, raised to 35 by dude on my left....i put him on a good Q at this point.. fairly loose player who seems to overvalue high cards, as I think he has QJ or QK, in which he is the 3rd caller to a raise.

Turn 10

I check, he bets 50, I raise all in 250.....

he thinks for a bit and calls....turns over QJo, and MHIG!

I don't know how he didn't put me on at least a 3 with the check raise.

Maybe a bad example because he was a bad player......

But I like to use this play on the turn primarily because it really looks like a steal attempt, but can serve the same purpose on the river as well.

I agree with steve0--- many of the new young ESPN/travel channel trained poker "pros" feel that bluffing is 60-75% of the game. I had a guy go through the raymer "put my glasses on and stare straight ahead" ritual every time he got involved in a pot.......in LIMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was laughing AT this guy....not with him....directly at him..."DUDE....are you serious??"

Its nice to take advantage of their mentality.

-Chef