Re: Raising Big Pairs in a limped pot
Some general principles:
-Be more likely to continue in position than out of position
-Of all the overcards that can flop in a multiway pot, an A is the worst.
-c/c is almost never right; usually it's between b/f, c/f, or bet/crying calldown. The only time I can think of that you should c/c is as one of many options if you check early in a multiway pot (i.e. you have KK and an A flops. You check vs. 4 opponents knowing in advance that you are going to fold if one of the tight EP limpers bets, but call if anyone else does; this is what I was doing in the JJ vs. monotone flop hand I posted above; call, raise, and fold were all options depending on what exactly happened after I checked)
-Be more inclined to take more passive lines if there are few other overcards that can come to your pair. I.e. if you raise otb, get called in 4 places and the flop is A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], be more inclined to raise TT but call KK if you're going to continue.
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