If you don't raise big hands more than any other, and you raise every hand you want to play, you will start getting 3-4 callers for every hand you raise, and your aces will get cracked a lot more than mine do. Frankly I don't think it's such a bad thing that people respect my pre-flop raises. Like I said, I will low raise or even limp a high pair under the right circumstances, but for the most part I am betting for two reasons: to get value out of my good starting hand, which happens whether they call me or fold; and to find out where I am, which happens if I am raised by another player holding a higher pocket pair. It doesn't bother me that people can "tell" when I'm playing QQ-AA. A single pair is not a great hand once the flop comes down. It's in my interests to take the pot without seeing a flop, at least half the time, and then take it on the flop without seeing a turn or river, the other half the time. People who slowplay and disguise their high pairs probably find themselves throwing a lot of money away calling to the river against someone who hit a lucky 2 pair or something.