A semi bluff
A semi bluff is used to refer to the practice of making a bluff on an inferior hand in a given round, with the probability of this inferior hand improving in one of the subsequent rounds under certain given conditions. Thus, a player indulging in a semi-bluff situation has more than one ways of winning the pot- first, he can win if all the players surrender and fold, and secondly, he can win if an opposing player catches a card which might result in the improvement in the player’s hand in a future round. There might be situations wherein the player is in a draw-like situation, but making a bluff might result in his hand improving for the round and consequently, resulting in a win for him. Such a situation is not exactly termed as a bluff, but it might, at times, result in the opponents to fold, resulting in an otherwise draw-like situation to be converted to a win for the player calling the bluff. A semi bluff might result in the opponents of a player to fold hands even when they have better current strengths. A semi bluff might also lead players into picking up a card such that the player calling the bluff is in a better position in subsequent rounds. There might be a third situation in which the opponent might catch that the player is making a bluff and not commit the move the player wants him to, resulting in a worse hand for the player.