what to do w/ pockets?

i dont know if this belongs in this thread or the tournament thread, but anyways...i know what to do w/ pocket j's and higher, but what do i do preflop with 9's and lower? usually if i get 8's or 7's, i really dont know what to do, do i raise preflop? or just call, b/c im always thinking that if i raise preflop w/ mediocre pockets, and 2 highcards come out, then definetely someone that called my preflop raise will definetely have hit one of there cards. any advice please? (i usually play SNG's). thanks guys

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Originally Posted by Ripptyde

(you'd be surprised how many crazy mo foze there are out there who will push all in pre flop with A/K)

*Waves hand*

...and I expect lots of players to call with AQ/AJ. Some players call with A2. It sure as hell is far more +EV than pushing/calling with 66-22, and I see people do that all of the time.

yea i was wondering what's wrong w/ going all in AK if your shortstacked? To me, it always seems that either the Ace or the King comes out.

Originally Posted by nambomb

To me, it always seems that either the Ace or the King comes out.

Only when I have QQ

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Originally Posted by Ripptyde

Originally Posted by nambomb

To me, it always seems that either the Ace or the King comes out.

(sigh) I wish it was that simple...we'd all be WSOP champions :P

Not a snowballs chance in hell for you Rippy. Remember any paint works reverse karma on you. :P

I agree with rippy's first analysis. Call any marginal bet and hope to hit your set. Trying to jam the pot when you're only going to hit 11% of the time isn't my idea of a good strategy, but if you hit a few lucky ones you'd be in good shape.

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