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noun
A type of bluff where the bluffer believes that the bluff has some chance of immediate success and also that they have some chance of improving their hand to win at a showdown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
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verb
To attempt a semi-bluff
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English bluff English semi-bluff From semi- + bluff.
