Quote Originally Posted by cardsman1992
ok, i'll go first

Raise--AT and above, KJ and above, PP 88+, any PP in an unraised pot LP

Call 3 x raises with any hand I raise with. Reraise with power As and PP TT+. Call minraises with Axs and Kxs if 3 people in pot or more. Don't call them if more than minraise (unless everyone is in the hand, then see the flop and let it go), or if reraised. Play for flushes, not TP.

Limp connectors down to 67, small PP (play for set value), limp Ax and Ks if I can get by with it.

I don't play unsuited middle aces at all because of the kicker, but I like suited little aces because of the added str8 possibility.

But I am LOSING MY ASS over the last 10K hands after creaming the first 10K hands. Your initial post about bet sizes might help because right now, I am losing the big pots and winning the small ones for a net loss.....

Thanks as always for your wisdom....please help!!!

Stakes 25NL full ring
What is your VPIP, 30%+? I follow close to what AOK suggests in his 19 starting hands. Dont play AT [sometimes raise ATs in LP] and Limp QJ, KJ, KQ [usually ditch limping hands in EP] and raise AQ+ 99+ and 55+ when folded to in LP. For calling the raises Ill call with any pocket pair for a raise of less than 4-5xBB if they can pay me off for a set and fold AQ to a raise, any of my limping hands I also fold. Im not limping with anything less than AJs and certainly not calling a raise with those hands, I dont thinking calling minraises looking for a flush is profitable, but I could be wrong there. When folded to in LP I will rasie around A7s+ and maybe KTs+ if the players behind me are tight. Suited connectors I dont play much, and almost never limp them. When folded or after 1 limper in LP I will raise 98s+.

This is a very general guideline for how I play, I put a lot more emphasis on position than AOK does in the 19 starting hands, but he obviously assumes we will adapt based on our position as we grow as a player. Personally I feel like you are playing way too many hands from all of your positions and should tighten your starting requirements a little. The other thing is you should not be so eager to call a raise with any hand you would raise with simply because some of those are going to be dominated by your opponents raising range.