low pocket pairs preflop?

[moshepac]

okay, this may sound like a dumb question but whenever i have low pockets and when i say low i mean 9's or lower.

now when i have these cards i tend to not like to raise pre flop....because i think the return on these cards aren't as profitable as other hole cards preflop.
i mean ill call a small raise with them but not raise with them because i feel that they arent as good as everyone puts them up to be.
am i playing these cards wrong or just being stupid about the whole idea i have on them?

[Profish2285]

Raise when you come in with them. If you are not comfortable 3 betting then you dont have to, but at least call all reasonable bets pf as long as villain has roughly 12x the amount of his bet in his stack.

[bsball8806]

in an unraised pot, I raise with pp's, no matter what they are, every time. C-betting the flop will take it down much more often than not.

If someone has already limped, with lower pairs <6's, i will sometimes limp behind to nail my set, but with 7's or higher will usually pop it up to 4bb+1bb per limper

[Micro Donk]

i raise unopened

unless there is a lot of limpers and im in the blinds, i raise limpers with them too

[moshepac]

thank you that was very quick
and helpful too

[Profish2285]

Besides, it is much much more likely you will stack an opponent in a raised pot than it is in a limped pot. And like it has been said before, even when you miss, a c-bet will work more often than not to take the pot down for ya.

[hennnerz]

Always raise, 3bet if the pot is already raised. However just call in the blinds.

If you raise and you get 3bet, then fold.

[WhiteWolf]

Raise to:
- Buy position
- Steal the blinds
- Increase your fold equity post flop
- Make the pot size so it's much more likely you'll get it all in if you flop a set + some one else makes top pair
- Make them think you're full of it when you're dealt AA next hand and raise just like you did with 22.

[ispiked]

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Always raise, 3bet if the pot is already raised. However just call in the blinds.

If you raise and you get 3bet, then fold.

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Are you serious?

[iheartponeez]

You might be surprised as to how many people seem to get tilted by c-betting a lot.

Many of them, rather than doing the smart thing and playing back at you lightly and often, end up choosing a hand to make a stand on and will stack off with very little. I've taken down a lot of BB's by spiking a set and watching someone freak out at me continuation betting on a board like 267 (because how could I raise with a hand that hit that board?). They've thrown it all in with AK.