Quote Originally Posted by iSHACKABUKU
Hey guys, here is a tactic of mine i have been using which has been some what succesfull at times! If I am able to limp into a hand for cheap with say a 10 8 and the flop comes 10 3 5. Ill make a large enough bet that possibly only 1 person will call. Probably someone who caught there A K and doesnt want to give it up. Next card ill bet hard again and usually be able to take down the pot.

Now dont get me wrong im not betting to large, but i usually find a table full of tight players and am able to bully them away. Is this tactic going to get me burned? I usually use it here and there to change up my style. From tight to loose etc.
the easiest way to tell if this working - review the hands you do this with in poker tracker and see if it is profitable in the long run.

i would think that this tactic would be a pretty large leak:

- only a few flops work with you
- you're going to run into a lot jt, t9 (suited or not) hands that will call you down, but probably won't play it too hard because of their marginal kicker. i would fear the hand that calls your "large enough bet that only 1 person will call"
- with two cards to come, you and they need to fear overcards falling
- you're up against limping hands like AT, KT, QT (suited or not)
- on a flop like that, a 99 hand might reraise, then what do you do?

it seems like a small edge to push - i would just look at it closely to see if it's really working versus it worked really well a couple of times.