Raising Pre-flop...

This topic is made evident to me after a tournament where I busted out on the bubble because I wasn't able to put the player on a hand and therefore is a topic on this blog.

Why is raising pre-flop good? I know a lot of you have your opinion on this and they may be similar to my reason...

- Gives you a pre flop edge to callers
- Allows you to "put" a player on the hand (depending on what you think his playable hands are)
- Gets rid of any face/rag combination (not always!)

On one tournament, I was holding a premium hand 3 way and I decide to limp it in. (AJ)

Flop - 992... everyone checks

Turn - A... I push thinking I am ahead. I was wrong

Somebody was holding a Q9 off.

River - 5

Oh well, that is why you need to raise pre-flop.

Good game.

Head hunter tourney...

Played a headhunter tourney and lost with pocket A's. Oh well, what can I say. Went up agains K3 and she hit two pairs... Yes, I did raise it pre-flop. She said she would play it cause it is her favorite! LOL.

Afterwards, since I was only playing for about 30 mins... I played the cash game. Played for about 5 hours and managed to eck out a little profit. Cards were not nice the whole night but after about 4 hours of waiting it changed I was able to double up twice to win back the loses that I had before.

Analize this hand...

Pre-flop. No raises - cash game. My hand is AQ, dealer button (No luck that is why I just called) 5 players!

Flop - 752 rainbow...

Turn - 9

River - 4

What type of bet would force you to release the hand? Pot size on the flop, turn or river?

You know who won? Me... nobody hit anything.

Good game.