[Knockwurst]

Thanks for your very thorough response Garland.

Two questions -- First, don't you think a raise on the button provides more deception when you have medium or small pocket pairs? Doesn't a raise on the button make it seem like a big pocket pair or AKs, so that if a ragged flop with or without a high card comes up and its checked to you, you may be able to pick up the pot with a bet?

Second, why do we want the blinds to fold? Because if we hit our set on the flop, don't we want more players in to possibly call it down?