It seems that often when I raise my strong drawing hands pre-flop and an A or K flops, every credits me for a hand (especially if they don't have one) and folds. So I tried an experiment where I would just flat call pf, and see what happens. Since I'm not such a great player yet I would appreciate your thoughts on the matter. I strongly suspect I would not have extracted as much value had I raised pf. I also strongly suspect that a move like this would not work at higher limits (tighter games) but may work especially well at lower levels (looser games).
PokerStars 1/2 Hold'em (6 handed)
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Preflop: Hero is SB with Q[[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]], A[[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]].
UTG calls, <font color="Gray">
1 fold</font>, CO calls, <font color="Gray">
1 fold</font>, Hero completes, BB checks.
Flop: (4 SB) 8[[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]], A[[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]], 7[[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]] <font color="Blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="Red">Hero bets</font>, BB folds, UTG calls, <font color="Red">CO raises</font>, <font color="Red">Hero 3-bets</font>, UTG calls, CO calls.
Turn: (6.50 BB) K[[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]] <font color="Blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="Red">Hero bets</font>, UTG calls, CO folds.
River: (8.50 BB) 2[[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]] <font color="Blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="Red">Hero bets</font>, UTG calls $0.75 (All-In).
Final Pot: 9.87 BB