Quote Originally Posted by badaace1973 View Post
Don't play Ak like its pocket AA's

don't play small pairs in early position

don't raise middle pairs in early position

don't call a rereraise with kk
These are a few of the ones I disagree with. There is nothing wrong with limping from early position with a small pocket pair. If you can get in cheap, see a flop and hope for the set. If you hit the set, it's a easy hand to keep disguised from others.

There is nothing wrong with raising middle pairs from early position DEPENDING on your table image. If you have a tight image and raise with middle pair, you can continuation bet and sometimes pick up the pot. On top of that if you flop a set and make a "continuation" bet, it will help keep your hand disguised from others. It takes discipline to raise with middle pairs and pitch them if you don't set and feel resistance on the flop.

There only one hand that beats KK and many hands that can reraise preflop from a later position. Alot of that depends on the limits you are playing and the structure of the game, not to mention the size of the reraise. If I bump it to 4x BB and someone comes over the top of me and makes it 8x BB I'm calling everytime. Just because someone reraises you preflop doesn't mean they have AA everytime. Remember if you see an A on the flop and feel resistance, let the hand go and move on.

Mind you that most of my experience is in cash games. Not all of my advise applies to tournament play, but can certainly be used there.