Quote Originally Posted by Miffed22001
Quote Originally Posted by Rondavu
Your hand has implied odds, and is a good raise at a tight table where if you hit, you'll possibly drain TP. Also, you have fold equity postflop leading out into non threatening boards. I wouldn't raise this hand from EP regularly, but as a change of pace play I love it. You coined it correctly, since that's exactly what it is. This is the kind of mixing up that increases your implied odds for all holdings in future hands.

What a lot of people don't consider is how your choices stimulate (or don't stimulate) future action. It's an important concept in NL. GG
out of interest if you raise thsi and c-bet and take down the pot how often, if ever do you show these hands?
Miffed, if you are asking me, I almost NEVER show a hand. I would only show a hand that I stole on a pure bluff when I would get absolutely NO action on my big hands. Usually getting action at 25 NL is not much problem. Eventually if you use the raise, c-bet, take down line often enough, someone looks you up without you having to show cards beforehand. Fortunately for me, this one got shown down and I got action on a few more big hands before I had to leave the table.