Another use of semibluffs

My favorite part about late position semi bluffs is the opportunity they give me to get two cards for the price of one. The idea is to raise like any semibluff, but with the specific intention of driving out the person who speaks after you. Often, everyone will check to you on the turn, regardless of what falls. Then you get to decide what to do next. If you hit, go ahead and raise; if you didn't, take that free river and see if you have better luck there.

Not precisely the newest trick in the book, but for what it's worth, there it is.

Table is loose but not very aggressive pre-flop.

pokerstars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) converter

MP ($2.85)
Button ($4.15)
SB ($7.90)
BB ($22.70)
Hero ($6.55)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with J♣, Q♥.
Hero calls $0.10, MP calls $0.10, Button folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($0.40) 3♣, 10♦, 9♣ (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.1, MP folds, SB calls $0.10, BB calls $0.10.

In this situation, my raise isn't primarily to drive everyone out, but to at least drive the MP (only one left who speaks after me) out. Whatever the turn comes, chances are I will get checked to, and if I don't hit, I don't have to bet. I get, essentially, to see two cards for the price of one minimum bet.

Turn: ($0.70) 3♠ (3 players)

Nope, no straight for me, I check again. Free river card. Let's hope I hit.

SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks.

(It doesn't really matter whether I hit or not, now does it?)

And somehow, I forgot to point out that this is of course even more useful if you're already last to speak after the flop. Driving the person after you is necessary if there is one, but the real objective is getting checked to on the turn, of course, and getting control whether the river comes for free or not.

When posting this, I forgot about the more obvious use of this bet, because the example specifically had another player after me. Sorry!