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Originally Posted by sabotai
In a 4-6 handed table, I'm probably raising an unraised pot pre-flop with any pocket pair.
Like TroyF said, face cards like QJ (suited or not) can be very tricky. Those types of hands are easily dominated. Even if the flop comes 9-J-4, AJ and KJ have you dominated, those without a J will fold to you, even people with a weak J will probably fold. These kinds of hands often lead to disaster unless you end up with a straight or full house. With QJ, QT and JT, it's very hard to trust that a Q, J or T on the flop is giving you the best pair. In situations like these, positioning is very important.
Even 6 handed, I might just fold something like QJ in early position.
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Position is the one thing I didn't talk about and to really good poker players, it's critical. When I first started playing, I'd tell someone about a bad beat and they'd stop me like twenty times throughout the story. (these were good friends who were teaching me to play, never tell a bad beat story to a stranger)
It would go something like this:
Me: I had A/Q and I raised.
Friend: What position were you in?
Me: I don't remember
Friend: I don't want to hear the rest of the story
There were plenty of other stops and starts, but the position you are in makes all the difference in the world. Raising in first position with A/J is a lot different than raising on the button when everyone else has folded which is different than being on the button and reraising the pot.