Something that's worked for me

[beekeeper]

A couple of weeks ago I posted that I was thinking of trying this, and I just wanted to post about how it's worked for me.

For the last couple of weeks, whenever I have a small pocket pair (<99) in early to EM position, instead of calling, I've been betting out 2-4x bb as a way of randomizing my play. The result has been that about 1/2 the time I've won the pot preflop, the other half the time I've been just-called, and of those times, twice I've made trips.

I'm probably going to go away from this strategy for a while since there are a couple of observant guys at my game, but I thought I'd pass this on. I should mention I play 2 nights a week in home tournaments, 4-6 tournys/week max.