66 flops a set

[Yeti]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (6 max, 6 handed)

Button ($117.6)
SB ($41)
BB ($141)
Hero ($207.6)
MP ($66.2)
CO ($15)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif. CO posts a blind of $1.
<font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $5</font>, MP calls $5, <font color="CC3333">CO (poster) raises to $15 (All-In)</font>, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, BB calls $14, Hero calls $10, MP calls $10.

Flop: ($60.50) 6/images/graemlins/club.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players, 1 all-in)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets $40</font>, MP folds, BB calls $40.

Turn: ($140.50) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets $100</font>, BB calls $86 (All-In).

River: ($326.50) 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players, 2 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $326.50
<font color="green">Main Pot: $60.50, between BB, Hero and CO.</font>
<font color="green">Pot 2: $252, between BB and Hero.</font>
<font color="green">Pot 3: $14, returned to Hero.</font>


Standard?

[amoeba]

yes standard.

[Wayfare]

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 6, 6. CO posts a blind of $1.
Hero raises to $5

Not standard for me!

[Yeti]

I do expect this hand to take a bit of abuse. I like to raise with lots of hands, including small pairs, because I tend to take down the pot uncontested on the flop a large amount of the time.

[TakeMeToTheRiver]

[ QUOTE ]
Preflop: Hero is UTG with 6, 6. CO posts a blind of $1.
Hero raises to $5

Not standard for me!

[/ QUOTE ]

Would you raise if you were first in from the button with 66?

I have been trying to figure out what UTG standards should be in a short-handed game. How big a pair do you need to raise? Do you play any A? Any suited A? Any good blackjack hand?

Personally, I have been trying to follow the advice of always raising when I am first in to the pot -- regardless of position. If the hand is not worth a raise (as first in), its not worth a limp either and I fold (can't always force myself, but I try). If you think 66 is playable UTG in a six-handed game, I think it would be worth a raise.

[I agree that the rest of the hand is standard]

[Raiser]

I don't like this raise UTG. The CO or button is a different story, but I don't really like playing this hand out of position when I'm likely to see a flop with at least 2 overcards.