[amoeba]

right.

In some ways its like a way of playing Ed Miller's short stacked strategy without giving up on hands like mid pocket pairs and suited connectors. you are essentially keeping pot manageable so you don't have to make really tough decisions with single pair hands.

The thing you said about the times they hit gutshot for free balanced out by times you hit gutshot for free is true. The other advantage is that because you checked the flop, if they hit the gutshot, they have to bet for value because you might be still on missed overs and not likely to call much more so you save some money that way when you have a showdown worthy hand.

now, you might say that these type of flops don't come that often but really it does. like anything like 3 88 or 338 or stuff like that counts too.

In closing, I think if your opponent is loose preflop but plays well postflop, this is a good strategy.