[Gap23Razor]

raising preflop is okay, you have position, enough callers and the raise throws out some misdirection about your holdings plus makes it harder for the others to lay down on later streets...

one gapped suited are hands that often take a lot of money to play, as your winner doesn't usually come in until the turn or river, unlike low pocket pairs the you can fold after the flop if they miss...and because one gapper suited are long shots, you need high payoffs to justify playing them...i look to win around 15-20 sb's when playing these hands

so i am struck by the inconsistency...no only do we play a long shot, but we double down by raising preflop...but then we back down when we get the action needed to justify playing the hand...play it all or nothing