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If you're not going to raise QQ then what are you going to raise?

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Yes, QQ is a raising hand. But as Jennifer Harman writes in SS2, sometimes, in the blinds, you might not want to raise after a lot of limpers because you're not going to drive anyone out and then on the flop, when you do try to drive someone out with your bet, they're getting better odds.

In retrospect, yes, I would at least bet out on the flop . But chasers will still be getting the odds to call -- oh well. Nothing I can do about that, and it's better than giving infinite odds. As for raising pre-flop...well, yes, from a pot equity standpoint, it's right. On the other hand, I've now given more people reason to chase on the flop...but again, oh well -- sometimes, there's nothing you can do to give incorrect odds post flop.