Personally i'd suggest you don't checkraise.
you'll probably be checkraising with a very strong hand. and with a very strong hand, u want to maximise the amount of chips into the flop.
check-raising has become too common that people will know your hand is strong if you check-raise.
a better line would be just to bet out. that disguises the strength of your hand. if the opponent has anything on the flop, they'll call you. if not, they weren't going to pay you off anyways.
in cash games, don't check-raise. fishes will call your strong bets down anyways. so it's better to build your pot.
most fishes are loose-passive. meaning they don't bet as much.
if this is the case, there's alot of chance they'll check after you, meaning that your bet on the turn will have to be smaller than it would be if you bet and he called (since that built the pot).
also, if your hand isn't the absolute nuts, you might be giving your opponent a chance to draw out on you.
so, in a draw heavy board, just bet out, don't give your opponent a chance to take a free card. also you want to maximise the payoff from your big hands so obviously you want to build up the pot.
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checkraise is rather more significant in later stages of the tourneys.
each pot size and blind levels are high in proportion to the stack sizes.
in this stages, many people will be bluffing in order to win the pot on the flop
this is a good stage to do check-raises, and also, your hand strength requirements can be lower.  |