[rgschackelford]

Howdy,

Everyone knows that check-raising is deceptive, because it gets people to act a different way had they been able to see your cards than if they had seen your cards, more often, which makes you gain, according the Sklansky's fundamental theory of poker. But, here's one thing I thought of. Maybe someone else has thought of this, or maybe I'm tying two rules together, and what I'm saying is just implied, but here it goes:

"Chek-raising keeps people from making some value bets that they otherwise would have made, due to the fear of a check-raise. Therefore, they tighten up, and only bet their very best of hands, allowing you to read their hands more easily."

Let me know what you think (I was working on this in an SnG, and it was working pretty nicely).

Rusty.