Quote Originally Posted by Element187
if you want to get sneaky with it, if your first to act, lead out and bet it, if he calls, check the turn, it will look like you were trying to buy the pot, if he bets, drop the hammer.. if he checks behind, drop the hammer on the river.. it looks like a bluff almost everytime.
This is something you should do a couple of times anyway to keep your opponents guessing and honest. Good players will do this against you and take your stack when you bet the turn hard.

You don't want people thinking that when you check it's a green light to steal the pot.