high hands: how do you play them?

[wackjob]

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I've been beating 0.25/0.50, 0.50/1, and 1/2 O8 full ring for about 3.1 BB/100 over about 5500 hands, but looking at PTO I see what seems to be a glaring leak. In my category of hands containing four cards greater than nine, I'm at -0.09BB/hand, almost twice that of my "rag combo" category (hands containing 78,79,89).


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I don't at all take to heart that if I can see a cheap flop with any four cards 9+ that I should. I play 90% 6max, rest full ring, and even in 6-max I rarely limp any 4, 9+. How I play these hands greatly depends upon my opponents, is it the usually tough LAG-fest, or a big passive fish pond today? My position at the table is even more important. The least important thing that I consdier is whether or not I will raise this type of hand. Sometimes I do, usually its a limp in.

The key to these hands is knowing how to play 'em post flop, and much good advice has been given about that.