[frob23]

I am much more likely to use it in a limit game where I can get an extra bet or more from it. I do not do it all the time and the situation has to be right. I am much more likely to check-raise (for value) when I am in really early position at an aggressive table because I am almost certain to have it bet behind me. I am almost never going to try it when there is only one person left to act after me unless they've been betting nearly 100% of the time it's checked to them. In a limit game, I do not expect everyone to fold to a check-raise. I expect it might shed some people that it makes it 2 bets cold to call.

In NL I use it once in a while. I just use it as a weapon to keep people on their toes so they don't automatically bet when I check to them. Against players who routinely check-raise me, I usually reduce the amount of times I will bet with some hands but increase it with others. Basically, if I hit a decent hand or a premium draw... I will bet, let them check-raise, and shove all-in. It does depend on stacks here... I want a reasonably big stack... not one that is painless to call. I don't want a monster stack of 5+ times the max-buy-in if he has a stack close to mine. But I want to really hurt this person if he calls and loses. It doesn't take long for a player who runs into that play to slow-down with the check-raising. Note: Sometimes I get called when this happens. Sometimes I am ahead... often behind. Of the times I am behind, I still sometimes win. But the play itself I do not think is a +EV play in the short-run... it may be but I do not think so. But it does make other hands have greater expectation because of the way a player reacts to this sort of move.