Pockets-Early-In-Tournament-Strategy

[Rocco]

I'm going through my tournament strategy and come to think about pocket pairs. When do you draw the line between raising to limit the field and limping, hoping for a set? I tend to limp TT. In general, do you limp with JJ also? Since players tend to call your raises and you are prone to overcards, I'm not always happy to see JJ early...

[Potowame]

I use a mixture of raises and limps with 88-JJ, this all depends on position and table dynamics.

you are not making a major mistake limping or raising most of the time with the pairs. But If I am first to open late I will raise most of the time.