[bravos1]

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- If I raise, only dominating hands (AQ, AJ, KQ) will coldcall, the ones I'm behind against (QQ+, AK) will 3bang me

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This is not true! DUCY? How many times do you get cracked by someone cold calling w/ QT or JT? Happens all the friggin time!

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-I don't want this HU, b/c I have no SD value and no TP potential due to lacking hi-card strength

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What??? QJs plays fine HU, but you need to qualify this. Playing HU vs LP is different than playing vs BB. Do you raise this if folded to you in the hi-jack? CO? Button? SB? In BB when SB completes and it the only other opponent? The answer should be the same (YES!) to all of them.

What if it is 4 limpers to you on the button?
4 limpers to you and you have this in the SB? BB?
These should also be raises.

Raising is fine, limping is fine, folding is probably bad at this table... so I would rank as following:

limp~raise>>>>>>>>>> >>>>fold

The only thing that is against us is that we are first to act and will potentially blow out people we want in the hand.

Just remember.... just because we raised PF does not mean we always need to bet the flop, or even play our hand past the flop.