TT early as chip leader (Party $55)

[Meatmaw]

I had just doubled my stack with AA against 55 PF against the raiser, so he is loose. Should I take more advantage of my stack size to play at least a little looser? I'm thinking, in early levels, being big stack means I don't go too crazy but can stand to steal more in SB, UTG, and CO, and I can play more drawing hands (Axs, suited connectors) in cheap flops. Is this on par?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

SB (t1905)
BB (t900)
UTG (t910)
UTG+1 (t770)
MP1 (t895)
Hero (t2040)
MP3 (t605)
CO (t1215)
Button (t760)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t100</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP3 calls t100, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>.

Flop: (t275) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t50</font>, MP3 folds.

Final Pot: t325

[pokerlaw]

Did you fold? Did the converter work right?

I would have RRed him to about t400; if he pushes back on me, i quickly call.

[Meatmaw]

Yes, I did fold. I appears when your fold is part of a group, the converter doesn't separate it and state "Hero folds" explicitly.

[pokerlaw]

Why would you fold 10s here? I love seeing 10s after i just had a big hand.

[treeofwisdom7]

did you fold or did you make that awefull bet on the flop
cuz whoever did that need to be reraised.

when someone makes a raise that size i picture them as a naked gay guy running around on the street crying out attention.

[Meatmaw]

My fold was along the lines of only calling cheaply with 22-JJ in the first 3 levels, which is why I was questioning if such thinking was less valid when you aren't as shortstacked as with your initial 1000 chips. If that is the case, to a degree, what hands with this stack do you continue to call cheaply hoping for a set? Do you lower it to 22-88?

[treeofwisdom7]

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My fold was along the lines of only calling cheaply with 22-JJ in the first 3 levels, which is why I was questioning if such thinking was less valid when you aren't as shortstacked as with your initial 1000 chips. If that is the case, to a degree, what hands with this stack do you continue to call cheaply hoping for a set? Do you lower it to 22-88?

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huh? you should have reraised the flop..

[Meatmaw]

I see where the confusion is. I am Hero, not MP3. I folded Preflop. So along those lines, to reword my point:

In level 1 first hand, I do not raise nor reraise preflop. My question is aimed at asking whether my stack size warrants that I increase the range of hands that I'm willing to raise or even reraise with. Usually I use 22-JJ as "aim for a set on a cheap flop", so with my current stack, should I reduce that to 22-88 perhaps and play more aggressively with 99+?

[pokerlaw]

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My question is aimed at asking whether my stack size warrants that I increase the range of hands that I'm willing to raise or even reraise with.

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Raise your reraising standards with a stack like yours in certain situations. You said the UTG just lost to you with 55 against AA. He miniraised, I think 10s are a good hand to reraise him with and try to get him to reraise you all in preflop, I think you would be a favorite.