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i think you need to raise more preflop (t80-100).

why? dont I *want* action here?

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Because you don't want to give small pocket pairs good implied odds on hitting their set and busting you. I realize that it sucks to raise big in EP and get no callers with big hands, but you have to do it. The only alternative in EP is to limp, hope you get raised preflop, and if not then be able to lay it down postflop if someone else is aggressive.

I would raise to about 150 with KK. And yes, you do want action with this hand if you play it like this.

You don't want action if you play it like you did because then you can't really put your opponent on any hand...he could have suited connectors, a pocket pair, anything really.

Theres plenty of bad players in these tourneys. Hopefully you'll run into someone overplaying an average hand when you have KK. Or hopefully you'll get lucky and run into QQ or AK.

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so what types of raises am i making with JJ/TT and AQs in this spot?

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I make small raises(3x BB) with hands like these because I am very capable of getting away from them postflop, which can't always be said for KK. In EP, I'll even just limp with pocket 10s a lot of the time and play them as if they were small pocket pairs(hope to hit a set, if not then maybe throw out a bet on the flop to try to take it then but otherwise fold to any aggression).