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[QUOTE="Narcotic35, post: 4131609, member: 297587"]
As a general rule, some professional players (referring to Carroter's 6-max NL Holdem teaching videos from Intellipoker) will argue that "slow-playing" should not be a standard approach and be reserved for very specific situations. It makes your hand vulnerable to be outdrawn which creates -EV over time. He says that generally, betting is better than calling in the majority of situations where you want to get chips in the middle instead of exercising pot control. An exception would be hero in position facing aggression from villain and hero flops a boat. If in that situation you face a c-bet it CAN be better to call instead of raising to protect the times where you haven't flopped a monster hand. Of course, as always in poker, it depends on a huge amount of variables.

He also argues that if villain has a draw (middle pair, straight or flush draw) it is usually in your interest to create unfavourable pot odds for him/her to call you down. If villain has only air and is not in a mood to gamble it is better to end the hand immediately as you will not generate more money in the pot but might loose the hand if you no longer have the nuts after the next street (eg villain makes a set with his pocket pair on the turn).

I hope that is helpful.
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