Slow playing sacrifices protection against hands that may improve and risks losing the pot-building value of a bet if the opponent also checks.
If a player's table image is that of an aggressive bluffer, slow playing is less important because his opponents will be more willing to call his usual bets and raises.
Often, the purpose of a check-raise is to drive out opponents from a pot, which is the opposite of the goal of a slow play.
[1] However, within the context of a single betting round, check-raising can be employed as a slow play.
For this play to be used profitably, one or more conditions like the following must be met: A common example of fishing for overcalls occurs in High-low split games like Omaha hold 'em.