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if you are using a chart to play pf, and you are still unaware of when raising a hand like QJo or KTo can be correct despite what a chart tells you, maybe you should not be playing 2/4 6max.

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Can you elaborate as far as QJo and KTo being correct despite the chart?

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here's what I and and I think others were talking about

two situations:

you are in the hijack and the co, button, sb, and bb are all very loose, like 40-50 VPIP. maybe a couple of them are aggressive as well. I'm folding this, because KTo is decent hand but it plays best in heads up situations, and playing it multiway in a raised pot in bad position is a money burner. But give me QTo in the hijack against weak tight players and I'll raise it all day.

I think the point is to look at the relative strengths and weaknesses of a hand, realize that in some situations a hand can be a winner but if you change one or two things about the table conditions it's a big loser. Understanding these things can go a long way in improving your game.

I think StellarWind nailed the thread though. It's postflop mistakes that will tear up your earn, and I don't think there's anything wrong with an 18 VPIP if you're finding yourself lost and out of position a lot postflop, the rake is high (cutting into your WR on marginal hands), and your opponents are unobservant.