Live 6/12: TT UTG and two ugly overs

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Well, I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but I'd just limp UTG with TT at a loose table. It's just too susceptible to overcards, and my experience has been that loose tables are chock full o' people who like to play any face card...and if my raise isn't going to clear the field, I'm not raising.

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Count - you need to understand why your raising pre-flop, that is where the error comes from. Your raising because you have a pre-flop equity advantage, you raise because you likely will have the best hand on the vast majority of flops and you want to get as much into the pot as you can NOW before anyone starts folding if they miss the flop. in short you raise because it shows value in the long run, this is how limit poker players eek out a higher win-rate - we make marginally +EV decisions which pay off in the long run. Limit poker is a game of slim margins, if your not pushing these margins then you will find yourself a small winner at best.

Post flop when you hit a board with 2 overcards its time to play poker of course, then you factor in table texture, position, your opponent's range of hands, etc. Often your best decision will be to continue to fire because your hand looks scary to your opponents just like their range of hands look scary to you.