Re: The Preflop Raise
I'm one of the people who posted that raising with weak aces is a bad idea. I understand what you're saying about raising cards with position. However, I think that these two *specific cards* are bad ones to raise with position.
Let's say you raise and get one or two callers. You bet the flop and get one caller. You have one of the following hands:
1) Nothing.
2) A strong draw.
3) A monster made hand.
4) An ace.
5) A nine, top pair.
6) A nine, middle pair.
I suggest that in cases 4-6, it's difficult to play your ace-nine, because you can't be sure that your pair or your ace is any good, but they MIGHT be.
Now let's think about 64s. Six-four has as many chances to make a "monster" as ace-nine, (more, because of its straight value) and you're not going to have any trouble playing it if you hit a pair on the board. It makes very few second-best hands, and you're not going to need to pay off any bets with them.
I find it much easier to raise hands where I'm sure where I stand postflop.
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