Quote Originally Posted by redflea13
I'm @ paradise playing .25/.50 and I raised AK off the BB and 8 out of 10 called to see the flop, yes, 8 people put in a dollar. The one who won the hand had 9 10 and caught 9's on the flop. But should I even bother raising premiium hands like this when obviously no one is folding? Also, what hands should I play at a table like this?
Paradise is a goldmine if you adjust right to those players. You have a lot of different players, (stations, nits, lags, tags) but everyone of them is totally unbalanced in one way or another.

AKo isn't "premium hand" in deep NLHE.

Listen to Fnord and experiment with overbets.

Learn to distinguish "big pot hands" from "small pot hands".

Build pots in position with big pot hands. If you hit hard then bet bet bet, if you miss, then try to get freebie suckout.

If you hit hard flop in small, unbuilt, limped pot, then overbet 1.5/2x or even more. Don't get pissed if you get folds around, it means that everyone missed. Expect to get called by gutshots, flush draws, one pairs.

3bet above protection threshold with your Aces and Kings.

And read this:

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...ighlight=bozos