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?