A couple questions, 1) bluffing the flop, 2) table image

[Laeelin]

1) most of the time, when I raise preflop, I bet about 3/4 the pot on the flop hit or miss (as long as it's checked to me, even if there are 1-2 players still to act)...

I know that good players see what i'm doing, and will know to slowplay that monster when it hits... But it's working well so far... I think i'm making a lot more from this than i'm loseing...


2) so far I have not been very worried about table image... I always play aggressive, but I use standard raises and bets to really hide what I have.

AA or TT it's still the same bet preflop, same bet on the flop, hit or miss... (edit: basically, it's a set raise, call [rarely], or fold preflop)

Is this a bad way to play?

[vqc]

1) Repping makes you money. Period.

2) No Its not a bad way to play, however, HoH suggests varying your raises regardless of the hand that you have. This keeps people guessing. I guess both ways forces people to guess wat you have becuase when u raise 3x when u have AA, and 3x when you have KQs, when you do it again later, they will put u on a wider range of hands.
I personally raise between 3-5xBB when I feel like shits and giggles.

[drmcboy]

1) Repping makes you money. Period.

Yep. You'll get popped with a re raise now and again, but hopefully that will come when you hit! ANd everyone misses a lot more than they hit, someone has to win the money, it may as well be you. And those slow players will let you catch their hand about as often as they catch you.

I like to vary the size of the bet dependent on limpers, also servers to mix up the play a little. I think Harrington's advice on varying raises makes a little more sense in larger touneys where you are sitting next to the same people for days - in SnGs I'm not sure you play enough hands for it to make a big difference.