should A/Ks be raised pre-flop ?

[Mark Heide]

The most common reason for not raising is that the money is deep and you want to trap someone with a weaker flush draw. I've done it plenty of times in the first hour of a tournament and quite a few players will get married to their hands and you can win a very big pot especially if there is a straight draw too. But, when you miss the flush draw you have to be very careful not to lose all your money in a multiway pot with someone that has flopped the nuts.

When the blinds are high in relation to your stack you should always raise and hope you don't more than one caller, so if they miss you can take the pot with the first bet.

In this situation, where you are in the blinds, and if they are high already, you should move in preflop.

Good Luck

Mark