Quote Originally Posted by Pelion
I read an interesting article a while back about folding strong but non nut hands often being the result of bad play.

The jist of it was this. If you have KK and you raise and are reraised by a tight player (whos range in this spot we somehow know to be exactly JJ+) ,you now have 2 ways to play it. You can raise again and fold out anything less than KK (because we know his range exactly again), before calling (or folding) to the push that is always KK+. OR you can just call play some poker on the flop and gain the most from QQ and JJ on low flops and maybe sometimes you can even get away from AA postflop. In this situation the 4bet is a mistake because it wins the least and loses the most. If you didnt 4bet this kind of player you wouldnt have to worry about folding KK preflop and youd have the added bonus of being able to stack off more readily postflop Vs a more committed / QQ after youve shown not quite as much strength. The same concept applies to non nut flushes and straights and so on. Basically, dont make value bets that will only be called/raised by better hands.
This fits exactly into my thinking. Ill 4bet KK if my opponent doesnt have a full stack, or if im playing 6max, or if I have a wild player or someone who felts any over pair. Smooth calling a 3bet pf and playing poker against a well known range should be much more profitable than forcing your opponents to play correctly.

Considering the deception that a flat call creates, it should be a good play.