[coltrane]

rbk,

I agree with most of what you're saying, disagree with some - I think we're mostly eye to eye here.....the main point I'm making is that if I'm playing really deep and especially if against good players, whatever it is that I do preflop I like to do with MANY hands.....to me there's no greater detriment than giving away my hand on an early street when there's a lot of money left to bet.....having said that, since I generally don't like to build big preflop pots out of position with A LOT of hands, I often don't do it with aces either.....of course, sometimes I might (like you said) - i.e. if I think my opponent also has a big pair or if I can bet 15-20% of my opponent's stack or I've been speeding around and I think my opponent might go off because he thinks I'm getting fresh, etc. etc. etc. ......