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Message: [QUOTE="XlordB, post: 4681869, member: 351079"] heres how I play strong hands like AA kk qq etc Most of you wont adopt the way I play them but here's what I do regardless of my position. If i pick up my cards and i have KK when it comes to my turn to call I look to see what has been staked so far to see who id be most likely up against in the hand. If there was a raise before me I would simply just call the raise. I wouldnt push because then your taking a risk of losing all your chips instead of a good amount. I would only push if the raise had me all in. However if there is no raise pre flop before it comes to me then I will call not raise.. My reasoning for that would be to hide the fact I had a strong hand. I would then look at the flop to see what other hands could possiblly be beating mine and then keep an eye on any raises. If no raises id check even if I thought i had the strongest hand I wouldnt want any opponents to know it YET. The thing is even if you end up not getting much out of your pair of kk or qq or whatever your goal is to not bust out and to try to "con/Trap" as many chips from others as possible and the easiest way for me is to not show hand strength by raising.. calling and checking works wonders when you know you are way ahead because when it comes to the river if your still ahead most likely your opponent will push if hes raised through the hand. Also I tend to not get upset at all if a strong hand fails after the flop e.g I have KK and A Q 9 comes the flop I know most likely someone will have that ace and wont think twice about folding if there is a raise. Its all about perspective sure the cards are strong hands pre flop but that doesnt always mean they are winning hands. and like the others said it also depends on the situation If your only going up against 1 other person in the hand feel free to push if you really want to but any more than one and id be calling or checking myself in. I guess i just like to play stealthy poker and not aggressive but trapping someone into an all in at the river card gains you huge jumps up the ranks in tourneys. Quote from alfadog - "[COLOR=#222533]Pocket pairs AK, KK, QQ must be played aggressively from any positions "[/COLOR] [COLOR=#222533]I disagree I find its better to not play to aggresive with them as if you bet heavily on them and they fail it leaves you shorthanded with chips. I prefer to play them non aggresively however I guess it may be down to personal preference! [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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