[C M Burns]

So my main problem with calling pre-flop is that others will likley call too reducing the chance that I will flop the best hand most of the time i'd be playing for the set and I'm not getting the odds to do this. although I am starting to think this or just folding would be ok.

And my concern with raising less is that if I only raise to say 1600 he will call with anything, since it is as much to call as his initial bet, so i will learn almost nothing about his hand and not have a chance to take it down defeating much of the purpose of raising, although i may at least get it heads up.

And then the flop perhaps a 1600ish bet and folding to a raise is the best play it just seems weak, but to raise me he would basicly have to risk all his chips and would be a tough bluff.

So part of my thinking here was that my tournament play has been too tight-weak/passive that I wasn't taking the chances needed to win tournaments. But perhaps this situation is not the right spot for too much agression.