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Originally Posted by sixsevenoff
So I assume you're not raising hands like A5s because of the kicker problems outweigh the strength of the hand? I also have to assume that you're probably raising 88 in these scenarios, correct?
Huh? If I'm raising A5s it's as a semi-bluff. But I'm not thrilled about getting action on a A high board with either AT or A5s.
I'm also not thrilled with 88 either. Pairs lower than JJ get tricky to play postflop in multiway pots, because the number of good flops where you can play OOP drops exponentially as the pair gets smaller. 99/TT fall into the same grouping as ATo. If I can knock out some limpers, great. But in multiway pots they become setmining hands, and I usually don't want to bloat the pot preflop if I'm setmining.