Quote Originally Posted by martindcx1e
Your Kx vs. Qx hand would be a bluff. You have nothing and want your opponent to fold. If you knew that your opponent had that exact hand then it would be to protect your hand because you know you are ahead and by how much. In your 73 hand, I'm assuming it was heads up correct?
The scenario I listed inidcated I wasn't heads up.

I'm comfortable with probe and continuation bets. If I want to see where I'm at I'll throw out a probe bet. If I put in a raise pre flop I'm likely to throw out a continuation bet even if I don't hit simply because I was the pre flop raiser and not because I'm trying to bluff at it. Sure it might be a -EV play for the hand but poker is long term. If I raise pre flop and only bet the flop when I hit and check/fold when I miss does that make pre flop raising a leak since now my opponents have an excellent tell on my part.

You seem determined to fit all the scenarios that have been discussed here into three neat and tidy categories and I think that is a leak.