Quote Originally Posted by Usuyami
If you are at a home game and everyone is too tight to call your raises, after everyone folds, ask the dealer to show the flop anyways. I always always hear, 'Oh god! I hit a straight/flush/trips/2pairs', followed by questions asking me if their hand could've beaten me, which I always answer, 'yes'. IMO, it helps to loosen some players up and when I raise, I would get callers hoping to catch something good again.
We don't usually do that if everyone folds preflop, but that's a pretty darned good idea. Georgie likey, Georgie likey.