> Preflop: utg opens to $8, I call with QTo in utg+3, co and sb call as well. ($34 in pot)
I really question that preflop call.
1) UTG's range almost certainly has you crushed equity-wise.
2) Heads up vs. UTG, you have reverse implied odds. Eg. when you make top pair, UTG often has an overpair or top pair with a better kicker.
3) If there are callers behind, QTo doesn't play well multiway. It makes a lot of top pair weak kicker hands, and a lot of mediocre made hand bluff catching type hands. You'd be better off calling with something like 76s or 44 here.
> Flop: AJ8r
> SB bets $16, I call
I think this is a good call. You've got pot odds + implied odds. As for raising as a semi-bluff, I don't think you're going to be getting many folds. SB is really strong betting into three opponents, and you also have two other players to worry about.
> co raises to $50, sb calls, I jam for $132.
CO also looks really strong, raising versus a strong SB and versus you who called the strong SB bet, and versus even more opponent. So I don't think you have much fold equity at all. Furthermore, that bet size isn't really large enough to get many folds.
> at first I didn't like my jam but as I talked to a buddy of mine about it, the more I liked it. With my table image being tight, a 3-bet jam is repping pretty strong, so I think a double gutter is the perfect hand to semi bluff jam here.
I think you may be suffering a bit from
Fancy Play Syndrome. You are knowledgeable enough to:
1) Be aware of table image and in particular your tight table image increasing your bluff equity.
2) To know that you want to make your bluffs with hands that have some equity (eg. semi-bluff).
3) To (presumably) know that a double-gutter is nice because it is hidden. Ie. if there were obvious bluffs, your opponents would realize that can give you less credit for the nuts, but without obvious bluffs its harder to justify the call.
Those thoughts are all great! And they do "move the needle" towards this bluff being a good play.
However, I believe that they are strongly outweighed by the following considerations:
1) Your opponents look really strong.
2) Your bluff size isn't big enough.
3) Live $1/$2 players tend to be calling station-y, and tend to not think too much about table image and what bluffs are available, and instead tend to "play their hand".