Well, Kenny also mentioned that the bet was bigger than he would normally make, but it was based on a read of that particular player.

I think the reall point is this: Take x as the amount someone with a straight will bet and c as the amount of your check-raise.

As I see it, the point is simply that you automatically get x with the CR, and that your call frequency is going to be higher on the check-raise than it would be if you just fired out x + c from the beginning (and the amount c that you choose is going to depend on who fires--information which you also have after the CR but don't if there are a few other players in).

I haven't played really much of any NLHE online in quite a while, but I think that hypothesis would hold in most of the live 2/5 games I play...

i beleive the CRAI is a kind of "stackadonk" move that i've read about at 2p2. according to what i've read (which may or may not still be valid), this works up to the 200s wonderfully, and then becomes less valuable as you move up since people know the stackadonk move with the nuts in situations like this.


i'll post about it in my journal:

forum/viewtopic.php?t=22490

great idea! tx