Quote Originally Posted by Miffed22001
too many people only add a bb for each limper when they have a big pp. Too many also raise to 5bbs instead of their normal 4 with TT/JJ/QQ UTG and run scared when you reraise preflop and follow up on the flop.
isn't that just good TAG poker though? I used to over-raise preflop with big hands to only win blinds - I find its better to raise enough thta you define your hand, but you still want 1 or 2 callers - if i'm early i'll raise it 4-5x, and if there are limpers i'll add a few big blinds, but when i've got Q's or J's (both of which are raise/reraise the stupid min-raiser hands for me) then im betting when i've got the overpair and i'm careful when the A or K hits....I've lost plenty of pots thinking i'm good with QQ to a set or something weird - I used to play them scared and overbet and try to just get the pot to me as quickly as possible - Now i'm trying to max them out more by getting a caller or 2 and a good flop....

lately i've been just calling some decent preflop raises even when I think it's a position raise with my QQ or JJ hands (despite 6 people being in- lol) just in order to win a huge pot if i hit a set...but im just experimenting with that against bad players....