[SheridanCat]

Small Stakes Hold'em really only applies to small stakes limit hold'em. My comments below apply that structure.

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They stress the fact that you should just about never cold call a preflop raise. It is my understanding that this simply means calling a raise preflop.


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Your understanding is correct, and their advice is correct. You should only cold call a raise in a very limited number of cases. Like, maybe you have a high suited hand after an early raise and many cold callers already in. If you don't feel your hand is good enough to reraise with, then don't cold call either - fold.

What hands do you like to cold call with, exactly?

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They even go on to say you should fold hands like AJs and below if it is raised to you (that you should only be calling with AQ, and raising with the other hands you should be playing - AA, KK, AK.


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Right. AJs will often be dominated by a hand that would raise before you. In the games you play, what are the raising standards of your opponents. If you play against players that will routinely raise with, say AT or A9, then by all means play on.

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I think about 50% of pre flops are raised (I might be way off, Im just guessing). Im right with them on which hands to play. And, I get these hands very very rarley. I guess im saying, I have a problem with them telling me to fold AJo or s, A10s, when someone has already raised the pot.


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Where are you playing? Loose/passive games are what I tend to look for. If I find a game where it's raised 50% of the time, I'd be looking for a more passive game where I can control the preflop action better. AJo and ATs are often dominated, play them against a raise at your own risk.

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Im playing 25NL, 0.25 blinds. and find that many people raise preflop with garbage. I know Im not being clear... But do you think they are being rash? I know Im picking on a small sample of hands (AJ, AJs, A10s, and medium pocket pairs 7-9, KQs+o, KJs+o)


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First off, SSHE is not a book about no limit hold'em. It's about limit hold'em and that's a very different game. I know it looks similar, but it's not really. I'm not loving the idea of playing ATo for a raise in NL either, but hey, that's just my NL style.

I would suggest you go to the small stakes no-limit forum and ask what they think about ATo in a raised pot. You'll find the real expert answers there.

Good luck,

T
Regards