[kosmicd21]

wow, thank you very much for the replies thus far, they have been very insightful. And for the third option when I talk of min-raising or limping, i'm not doing it with intentions of trapping, but rather so I can get away from the hand easily if I completely miss the flop and others are betting at it, thereby leaving me with decent chips still. Also, what is instead of 1700 I had a nice stack (say >2500), is the proper play still to take down the blinds with a huge preflop raise?