The Reraise to Induce a Bluff
with Kottler checking from the big blind to Vengrin, who led out for 2,700. Kottler then check-raised an additional 3,800 and the action was back to Vengrin. He went into the tank before raising it up another 5,200 as a massive pot developed. Kottler then decided to move all in for another 15,350 with Vengrin made a pot-committed call.Amazingly, Vengrin held only
for bottom pair, but even more remarkable was that it was the best hand, as Kottler showed 
for just ace-high!The turn was the
, but Kottler caught the 
on the river to spike a pair and take down the hand."What was that?" remarked another player at the table who was surprised by the light action.
"That was the reraise to induce a bluff," explained Vengrin, but the multi-level psychology backfired on him on this occasion as he falls to 17,500 chips.