[Unknown Soldier]

betting is usually better then checking. balancing is obv important (in some cases!), but betting should be the default play. We can agree on that, right? Because the next part is important. Checking only for the sake of mixing it up is bad, it's irrational play and should be avoided. There should be a reason to your unorthodox play. The dynamics of the game, your image and the specific tendencies could well make a check good in a particular spot, but blindly mashing buttons ("mixing it up") is bad. If you have a rational thought process to your game not only can you have a nice mixed strategy to throw off your opponents, but you will be doing it at the correct times.