[Tito]

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99 doesn't have "big pot value"? If that's true, what does? Only the biggest pairs?

"If the flop comes and pairs one of the high cards, we'll regret having raised PF."

If you raise KK preflop and an ace flops and pairs your opponent, do you regret raising it? Maybe you do, but does that stop you the next time?


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I see both sides of the argument but I think I'll have to agree with Grunch here. IMO none of the pairs have a lot of "big pot value". I don't feel very comfortable building a big pot against anyone with one pair and I'm relatively sure most other players don't either. Doesn't matter if it's AA, KK, or 99 unless you get it all in preflop.

And no we don't regret raising with KK and an A hits on the flop. And it won't stop us from doing it next time either. The difference between doing it with KK and 99 is that KK has only 4 cards that can make an overpair and 99 has about 20. I like to raise pocket pairs in certain spots too but OOP in a multiway limped pot I think I just call looking to hit a set. Raising preflop and collecting the ~3BB that are there isn't necessarily a bad idea but in comparison to hitting your set and possibly stacking someone I think it's a no-brainer. That way you lose the minimum and possibly extract the mazimum. Good debate going here though. I'd like to hear others opinions as well.