I've been reading this forum for a while. Great work!

I've been a winning player since I started playing with my first $150 in September, thanks to this forum along with a few others, and some books. Now I play the $100 NL tables at Bodog and the $50 NL and $25 NL tables at a few other sites with a good bankroll after lots of cash outs.

I've been refining my starting hand selection and how I play them for a while, but I am still working on it and could use some advice. I've still got plenty of leaks.

Premium hands: Raise from any position. Fold AQ to a raise or reraise.

Pocket Pairs (88 or lower): Limp from early or middle. Limp or raise from late (depending on the game and how I feel). Call all raises that meet the 10% requirement.

Trouble hands (AJo, ATo, KQo, KJo, KTo, QJo, QTo, JTo): Fold from early position. Limp or fold from middle. Raise or limp from late (never raise with QT or JTo ). Occasionally limp from early or middle with JTo and QJo, looking out for the straight or a small pot pair. Never call a raise with any of these.

Suited trouble hands: Limp from early or middle. Raise from late with the same ones as I'd raise with unsuited. Never call a significant raise.

Suited aces (A9 and below): Limp from any position. Generally fold to a significant raise. Occasionally call a raise from late position.

Suited connectors (45s - JTs). Limp from early or middle position. Raise about 60% of the time from late (usually when there are only one or two limpers ahead of me. I'll generally call a smallish raise with these (no more than 5 big blinds or so) especially with position.

Suited one gap connectors (35s - 9Js): Limp from any position. Occasionally raise from late. Generally fold to raises unless they are small and/or there are several other callers.

These are the only hands I'll play except from the little blind where I'll play any ace and most hands that might make a straight or a flush.

On the flop, I bet top pair good kicker and better along with all strong draws (8 outs or more) from any position, unless I've called a raise pre-flop, in which case I'll check to the raiser with a draw, and call bets based on pot odds/implied odds.

I usually c-bet missed flops when I raised preflop, and I think I can steal (heads up or against two checkers from late position). Beyond this is where post flop play gets complex.

I feel like with all the limping and calling I do with the connecting cards, I leave a lot of money on the table folding to raises and to missed flops, but I see real value in the occasional hidden hands that can pay off big, and I’m trying to figure out a way to balance this.