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I don't like the pre-flop raise. Our hand is pretty marginal, especially from the sb. I would just take advantage of the cheap price of limping in here.

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I hope this isn't a hijack, but this is a question I've had for a long time. For a long time I've been in the habit of raising hands like mid-pairs and mid-suited aces from the blinds behind a table full of limpers. I feel like I got that idea from Ed, but I don't have the book in front of me right now.

Lately, though, I've just been calling/checking these kinds of hands here, and have been feeling pretty weak about myself. I hate to beat preflop dead horses, but what are the merits behind raising or checking/calling here? Does anyone remember SSH saying anything about this situation, or am I just hallucinating?