[Aspiring]

So I just started reading 2+2, and I find it very interesting thus far. I'm slowly working my way through all of the digests before I consider posting in high volume. However, this thread sucked a comment out because it is very relevant to something Harrington wrote about in his first volume.

Even if the PFRR with TT OOP turns the hand into a bluff, it still is substantially different than bluffing with 23o or anything else for two reasons:

1. (the point Harrington makes) you build bluffs into your preflop raising strategy, so that the cards randomize your bluffs for you. Even if a cbet is just a bluff after PFRR is called preflop (a very dubious claim in my book), you are randomizing your bluffs by the percentage of times that you get TT.
2. (the point that 2Paul2 makes) TT can win in some showdowns. Even if the situations that TT wins in a showdown after an OOP PFRR are very rare, they still give TT the edge over 23o as a good hand to randomize on.

Now, I don't really buy the bluff logic, for reasons that have mostly already been stated. But even if you do believe that PFRR with TT turns it into a bluff, playing it this way is a great way to disguise your bigger hands. The merit of the OOP PFRR, then, shouldn't be evaluated just for this hand alone but also for what it adds to your overall style.