[pdubz]

I no longer go by pdubz, and I play almost exclusively on Party so we probably haven't crossed pathes theredpill. I tried some other places, but seriously, where else are fish jumping into your nets? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

And by BB I mean the goofy PT of 2x the big blinds. I was looking through some other people's challenges and nearly flipped out when I saw a 12BB session. Then I realized those were big blinds.

I think you sacrifice a lot of value if you fail to lead at the pot with AK if you raised preflop and it's heads-up or three way. It's read dependent, but more often then not my flop bet is taking down the pot. For the first 50 hands I will actually limp or play AK passively so I can get a better feel for how players are going to react. With a 0.30 aggression factor PF you know I'm a TAG. So unless I'm holding AQs, which I am less inclined to follow up the PFR with, what hand holdings am I actually more likely to have when you see me bet preflop and a flop without an A/K? This is what keeps the more observant players wary of going to war with me with anything short of top pair; against fish -- well, the non-AK hands are going to bear fruit for my bankroll in these situations.

The problem with two-pair is not that you are facing just top pair in a real fight. The problem is that any time you are getting contested with your two pair, they are holding something stronger than two pair. Recall that I'm hitting two pair in unraised pots. I have nothing against leading gently and repeatedly with bottom two and having top pair call me down. What I hate is that more likely a set or a big drawing hand reraises me and I feel idiotic. And you are playing out of position. People understand you are a SB/BB and that you could have any two cards. The same goes for flopping open trips with stupid kickers. Without the presence of very high face cards that suggest bad players getting carried away with their top pairs, play these cautiously. You are typically taking down a small pot with your bets or losing big ones if you go to war. I think its all-in-all more +EV to check through and let weaker hands grow more confident and take stabs at the pot. Get more information before you decide on your course of action.