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[QUOTE="KK_Cowboy, post: 343312, member: 1140"]
[b]Well Jesus[/b]

There is a lot of good points in what you said.  However there is one thing that I feel you have overlooked here which can and has also been a very useful tool for me.  You said that if you bet before the flop, you should represent after the flop.  While yes this is a good idea and something people should try and work into their game, raising before the flop and then checking after the flop can have it's advantages as well, in certain situations.  I personally would say a person should represent more than check after a raise preflop.  But I can use 2 examples from a tournament I recently played in (where I finished 2nd) to prove my point.  
 
I had a very healthy stack of chips during both of these occasions (250k-350k).
On two hands I raised preflop with hands that are worthy of a raise.  What they were, well I will keep that a secret ;).  Anyway in both instances, I hit my "key" card and knew I had the better hand.  I was first to act both times and checked both times to make myself look like I missed.  I was raised at both times and then I re-raised my opponents back forcing them all in.  They thought that I had missed my hands in both occasions when really they were heavily dominated.  
 
While representing is usually the better play, there are times in poker when a raise pre-flop and a check after the flop isn't always a bad idea.
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