Quote Originally Posted by Borax
I usually limp cheap with these hands from late position, fold, or depending on the table I might raise a AQs. Is this too passive you think?

This weekend I lost quite large pots three times in half an hour with AQs hitting the ace and getting called all the way by AKo. I might stay away from AQ for a while...
In ring games (where I believe you play mostly, Borax...?), most of the hands listed in the title of the thread are limp/fold hands in my book. That's not too passive by any means - it's just good sense. Part of playing tight aggressive is playing tight. In many circumstances, that means you shouldn't be playing these hands at all (a raised pot preflop being one of those circumstances).

Running from AQ because you ran up against passive players holding AK is too passive, however (unless you're playing ilikeaces's stakes and his style).

The reason for raising in a tournament is to isolate an improve your chances of being the only one to hit a flop that you hit - thus helping to build a stack. In ring games you needn't do this because you can wait for better hands to come along.

- Jeffrey