Threatening a ko
Unless the opponent has a clear lead in ko threats, one can rely on threats to start a ko to take advantage of the situation. This enables moves that would otherwise not work.
The far jump to might look unreasonable, but with , Black threatens to start a large ko at a. After White defends with , Black is able to link up.
The simple descent at b would threaten to capture too, but Black can't jump in as deep as then.
For more examples on this way to jump in on the second line see: Reverse Monkey Jump
WME by jantiff from contributors Sebastian, RafaelCaetano, HolIgor.