[getfunky]

good points, yeah high pairs are dangerous but they are an important part of mxing up one's game- you do want to play buried pairs with baby doors so when you raise with a low str8 or flush draw good players can't pin down your hand. You also need to play split pairs on occassion so that your big trips are not transparent as well. of course in looser games you can muck any paired hand even aces with a big kicker when the situation warrants it. however, in looser games, if by some miracle you can gets heads up, then split pairs are very good hands because you'll often be facing razz hands and smaller pairs.