[Nick C]

My default would be to lead for $10 or so, with the plan of getting the rest in on the turn (or getting the rest in when I called someone else's flop raise [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]). But if, based on your read, you're confident someone is going to bet, then checkraising is probably the superior play.

I mean, realistically, a flop lead for $10 is frequently simply going to take it down, so if you can get someone to take a stab instead with a far inferior hand, then that's good.