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there are two schools of thought on this.

if you want to play cautiously, your starting hand strategy should be dangerously close to *gasp* what phil hellmuth recommends in his book. the point is that you want to make a hand you can feel confident about pushing, which is hard to do with less than AQ unless you hit a longshot straight, two pair or flush. even AQ is a fold if anyone has shown strength, and the small pairs should be folded to big raises preflop that aren't giving you good odds to hit a set and double through. as your position improves you can play any suited ace in an unraised multiway pot hoping for a lot of luck.

the other school of thought is that any two cards can win. this is definitely dangerous, especially against players who don't like to fold. position is a really important consideration if you're going to do this; make sure you act last. it is true that if you hit two pair you can often double your money; but two pair is a vulnerable hand and is often beaten if the big money goes in, even on an uncoordinated board.

either way, mixing up your game by occasionally raising preflop on a hand like a suited connector is quite useful for your image. the problem is that it can end up being much more expensive to show down your hand than in limit, but once you do you should see some increased action.

i definitely recommend you stick to the tight strategy, perhaps loosening it up a little, before trying to win playing every hand.