[ddubois]

I've seen this over and over. Someone raises their QQ/JJ/TT/99 preflop 3-7xBB, there's 1-2 callers, the flops comes up K high, and the PFR person will procede to lose their whole stack (usually to some idiot who 'should' not have called, like KJ or K9s). That always strikes me as the worst possible way to play. It seems to me, if you are can't control yourself from making FTOP mistakes post-flop, don't take the traditional 3xBB line in the first place. Either 1) limp and play for a set or overpair, or 2) limp with the intention of limp-reraising all-in if someone raises pre-flop, or 3) push pre-flop. I don't know which tactic is best, nor do I know what criteria (stack sizes, players tendencies involved, etc) might make you want to take one line over another, but I do know I always want to orchestrate the situation such that I am getting my money in when I am ahead. Pumping a pot such that you can't get away from it post-flop tends to break that ideal. Am I giving bad advice?