[toxzen]

I raise pre flop here most of the time. Reason being is the limp creates tricky spots in multiway pots. playing 40 percent of his hands he could pretty much have anything. Plus the pre flop raise is punishing him for playing that many hands. The limp isn't terrible though and could be just as good as a raise. But you have to play it differently and be ready to let it go a lot easier. As played, I probably throw in a reraise on the flop of about 9. Yeah, there are 4 left to act, but you're gonna find out quickly whether you're beat or not.

Another side note is the way this is played you are allowing him to take control of the pot. By raising preflop/flop you put yourself in a position where you have control. You want to put yourself in positions where the decisions are easy for you and hard on your opponents.