I often raise small pocket pairs when first to act. Others in the forum advocate this as well. In this instance (results don't matter)I did not. When reviewing the hand after my session (always for big hands for winners and losers), I wondered if I would have won this pot had I raised it preflop. Say I raise to $1 and the Villain correctly re-raises to $3 or $4, then I fold my pkt 4s and never stack this hand. I know that on the contrary, that you pick up a lot of hands by raising pf in these situations, but does it overcome the times you get forced out by a big re-raise. Discussion point: by raising small pkt pairs early do you lose opportunity to stack AA,KK since they re-raise you out of the pot???
Party Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.10/$0.25 Blinds - 10 Players - (
LegoPoker Hand History Converter)
SB: $24.40
BB: $5.25
UTG: $29.38
UTG+1: $27.03
Hero (UTG+2): $31.26
MP1: $10.60
MP2: $13.95
MP3: $17.95
CO: $4.99
BTN: $5.22
Preflop: Hero is dealt 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (10 Players)
2 folds, Hero calls $0.25,
5 folds, <font color="red">SB raises to $1.50</font>,
BB folds, Hero calls $1.25
Flop: ($3.25) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">SB bets $1.00</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $3.00</font>, <font color="red">SB raises to $9.00</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $23.50</font>, SB calls all-in for $13.90
Uncalled bet of $0.60 returned to Hero
Turn: ($49.05) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 All-In)
River: ($49.05) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 All-In)
Pot Size: $49.05 ($2.45 Rake)
SB had A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (two pairs, Aces and Sixes) and LOST (-$24.40)
Hero had 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (a full house, Fours full of Sixes) and WON (+$22.20)