Limp-Reraise with AA/KK in EP

[BoxTree]

Thanks to both of you for the comments. I'll definitely check out Live at the Bike.

Okay, so now that I'm willing to raise with AA/KK in EP, shouldn't I add some other hands, too? If not, they'll always know where I am. So, I presume I should occasionally raise with AK/AQ? Since there are 32 ways to make AK/AQ and 12 ways to make AA/KK, I should be able to raise AK/AQ about 1/3 of the time to create the needed deception. Is it worth it to raise a hand like JTs or a small pocket pair about 10% of the time, or will this not help with deception and/or just get me into trouble? I could see how the small pocket pairs could show huge value but medium suited connectors might not.

[lapoker17]

dude - that 400 game is soft. i understand that this is new to you, so you are being cautious, but you need to be raising qq, jj, tt and ak utg for sure - maybe 99 some - you are giving away too much currently. then, naturally, you need to add some connectors and such a smallish percentage of the time. there are enough donks calling utg raises with hands like QJo in those games that your earn will go up significantly by simply expanding your range.

[Rick Nebiolo]

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Okay, so now that I'm willing to raise with AA/KK in EP, shouldn't I add some other hands, too? If not, they'll always know where I am. So, I presume I should occasionally raise with AK/AQ? Since there are 32 ways to make AK/AQ and 12 ways to make AA/KK, I should be able to raise AK/AQ about 1/3 of the time to create the needed deception. Is it worth it to raise a hand like JTs or a small pocket pair about 10% of the time, or will this not help with deception and/or just get me into trouble? I could see how the small pocket pairs could show huge value but medium suited connectors might not.

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Once your opponents are starting to get a line on your tight play I'd raise the small to medium pocket pairs a fair amount (let's say 20% of the time) when your stack is deep (as are the stacks of your opponents). This protects your AK/AQ and overpair raises when the flop comes middle cards. You need to be able to bet the flop on quite a few of your misses, but here reading opponents is important.

Raising with decent suited connectors is OK too, but you will rarely hit the flop as hard as you will with a pair - here you want to have a decent chance of taking down the pot on your misses or flopped draws with a bet.

~ Rick