Raise AK & AQ in early position?

[oddsock]

AQ can suck hard UTG.

Never underestimate the value of position. If you play it well in micro stakes you will do well.

You know that? Fine, but i'll tell you again because it really is that important.

[V_R_L]

is real funny, AQo is the hand i got the most in NLholdem,
i won 66% of these hands, it has an reasonable win rate. I agree early pos is not that much of a hand to play when you don't hit, but in pos i like this very much and almost always C-bet

[oddsock]

Absolutely! Position is extremely important when you play hands like AQ/KQ.

[Matt Williams]

One thing to keep in mind is that if you raise w/ AK or AQ and you get multiple callers; unless you improve on the flop, it's highly unlikely you will win. I don't like limping in w/ those hands in EP unless the table has a lot of good players. So IMO, you should rarely if ever limp in w/ those at micro-stake levels. I mean really, if you have A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and get 3 callers when you raise; do you think you are winning the pot when the board is 6 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],7 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],9 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]?