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[QUOTE="F Paulsson, post: 469463, member: 6979"]
I don't think this is as bad as Dingo says, because it has a couple of upsides that aren't immediately obvious. One, of course, is the chance of making people believe that you have a real powerhouse of a hand (as happened here), but the less obvious - and this is mentioned in Hold 'em Poker for Advanced Players - is that with a suited connector, you're often going to flop strong draws, and by making the pot large preflop you entice more players to stay in after the flop when you either have a very strong hand or a very strong draw (and thus have positive equity).
 
Not something you should do habitually (clearly you already know that) but it's not a disaster by any means.
 
Oh, and just in case someone misunderstands me I want to pre-empt that: Raising before the flop is NOT so you can give yourself pot odds to continue with a draw after the flop. It's to encourage OTHERS to continue after the flop when they THINK they have odds to continue but are in fact drawing dead (or are at least sweetening the pot for you). There's a huge difference.
 
Cheers,
FP
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