Is this advice worth anything?

[Fadook]

While flicking through Internet Poker for Dummies, I came across the following advice that basically went along these lines: You're in the BB and are dealt garbage. 3 or 4 limp, SB completes, you check. Flop comes, you have absolutely nothing. SB checks, and you FOLD.
The reasoning is that by folding instead of checking, you promote a tight table image that will lead people to respect your bets or raises, causing several to fold or even for you to win the entire pot. This advice seemed very weak-tight to me, but does anyone think there's any merit to it?

[Edge34]

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but does anyone think there's any merit to it?

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Nobody that wants to be a winning player.

[DrunkHamster]

No way in hell I do this ever. No matter what garbage I have, I still have some equity most likely, so I wouldn't fold just for fun. Plus, you look retarded to everyone else.

[KingOtter]

Nothing brings a smile to my face more than someone open-folding when I didn't even bet.

KO

[Fadook]

Yeah, when I read this, I shuddered. I can't believe that any responsible poker author would advocate this kind of thing.

[Xhad]

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The reasoning is that by folding instead of checking, you promote a tight table image that will lead people to respect your bets or raises, causing several to fold or even for you to win the entire pot.

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The only table image this gives you is one of a moron. Even most fish know better than to fold when you can check.

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[Harv72b]

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Yeah, when I read this, I shuddered. I can't believe that any responsible poker author would advocate this kind of thing.

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To be fair, no responsible poker author would be writing for "Internet Poker for Dummies". [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Vote4Pedro]

This is how I maintain my squeaky-clean table image

I may be a moron, but I do the same thing on rare occasions when multi-tabling.

If there are 4 or 5 people in the hand, and I am in the BB with trash like 42o, and the flop comes down QT9 with two to a suit, AND I have a hand I need to concentrate on at another table, I fold.

I've only done this like 6 times in the past 10k hands, but I would rather concentrate on my TPTK hand on the other table than piddle around with my 0.5% equity on my blind hand.

[kapw7]

I usually try to steal the pot [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Seriously though. Why do you read a book "for dummies"?