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You make a good point, maybe I will add raises to 99 and 88. I have found those hands difficult to play.
I usually try to limp in with those hands and hope for flopping unders or the set, as you mention. However, if I don't, it's easy to get away from the hand.
If I raise pre-flop, it would probably have to be a substantial raise to get a 1 on 1 matchup (In no limit, I can raise 8X the BB and still get multiple callers.)
So, the problem for me is two-fold - if I do decide to raise, the raise would need to be substantial enough to decrease the playing field. However, I am not willing to invest that much with these two particular hands.
The other problem is if I do get called on a decent preflop raise, my opponent could have a higher pocket pair.
Maybe I'll try small raises, see how that works out.
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