i play low limits, and the concept of raising to see where you are at isnt really as significant to me. i think that is a concept that is much more important in high limit games where the players are more experienced, and can make sophisticated plays with any variety of cards.
to take your JJ example, in general playing low limits, where there are 4-6 callers preflop every hand, i pretty much know that i am beat on that flop. i might take a card off to try and hit a set, but in general i am not going to put a lot more into the pot. people stick around with way too many Kx hands, and even a king weak kicker will have me in trouble right now.
i do think that hi sbook is a good book for beginners, and i am not trying to claim that i am above that book, i just tought that a lot of his tought processes could have been developed further. i still reference the book for nlhe, and for tournament play though.
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