When to lead in to a PF raiser?

[dasani123]

I think it's because it's very confusing for the preflop raiser when someone else leads into him. They will suspect that if you actually do have a good hand you would check to him and try to trap him because he is very likely to bet since he is the aggressor. As long as you bluff or semibluff sometimes in similar situations, it will be very hard for the preflop raiser to react to your set. Obviously, it would be better to make a play like this in situations when you feel the preflop raiser has a good chance of hitting his hand than the times you feel he is more apt to cbet. Additionally, stack sizes come into play when considering this play. If stack sizes are such that you can get it all in on the flop with a check-raise rather than a bet-3bet, then checking to the raiser would be a better play.