Quote Originally Posted by Renton
I don't like it too much. It seems kinda counter-intuitive.

I'd much rather have a draw (at least a gutshot) when I do this.

If you can just play all your 8+ out draws like you play sets, then you are accomplishing exactly what you are talking about, except when you do get calls you have a lot more equity.
I'm not accomplishing even close to the same thing if I play all my draws that way, because draws come more frequently than sets, so a thinking player who knew what I was doing could profitably call me down with top pair unless the board didn't have any draws on it. The point of this strategy is to
1) bluff with the correct frequency so that either a calldown or a fold is a -EV decision on my opponent's part.
2) make it more difficult for my opponents to read me, whereas with your strategy they can get a pretty good idea of whether you have a draw or a set based on the texture of the board (of course sometimes you'll have a set on a draw-heavy board and stack them).

Having outs is of course nice, but fold equity is far more important and if you push the envelope too much then you won't have any of it.

Quote Originally Posted by crushednuts
I agree. I would rather make that play w/ a hand like 98s where you have a backdoor flush draw or gutshot straight draw.
I disagree. Seeing as a suited connector flops a decent draw about as often as a pocket pair flops a set, the suited connectors don't seem to have any advantage over the pocket pairs here.