[Bob T.]

One side note, if your opponents, many of which play the same hand, the same way all the time, are paying attention, this also provides a measure of deception.

They see you pop TPNK in a big pot, so they assume that when you don't raise in a small pot, you can't have a hand that good. And they continue to bluff into you, when you are way ahead.

Or they see you play a small pot passively, and now you are raising in a bigger pot, they might put you on a bigger hand, and make an incorrect fold.

I had been playing in a game this morning, where I was basically just value betting.

I flopped a double gutshot, with an overcard, and thought that it was a good spot to raise, and maybe clean up my overcard outs.

EP bet, I raised, and then next two players, and then EP all folded.