Raising Preflop in microlimit games

[Pocket Trips]

I am pretty inexperienced with NLHE so forgive me if this souunds dumb but with the exception of hands like JJ-AA and maybe AK I really don't see the point in raising preflop in these micro-limit games? Unless you over bet to the point that it is ridiculous No one is going to fold the margial hands they were trying to limp in with anyway, and once you hit the flop you can still build the pot by making pot sized bets that are always called by donks with weak hands like TP no kicker or worse.

Am I wrong in this line of thinking or is there soime reason I should be raising with hands Like AJ or AQ???

[xorbie]

Raise only with premium hands, sounds good. With other hands just bet bet bet because you are beating the callers range, and don't sweat it if you lose your stack to a set or two pair.

[beginnersluck13]

I think there is definitely some truth to this and also how I have recently been playing. I don't really like raising with AQ or AJ unless I have good position, mainly because it isn't a hand you want to raise a lot with, and anything will call a smaller raise at these micro-stake games. I have also found even raising with AA-JJ, it is hard to get maximum value and generally a bet on the flop will take down the pot, atleast at the stakes I am playing.