Hold on to your hats guys, by the amount of tension caused by post 1, this could get ugly!!!

Hand #2 KQs

In my mind this hand is a double edged sword, In an unraised pot it should be played for its pair potential, rarely will someone limp with AQ or AK, the only hands that have you outkicked if you flop top pair.

when the pot is unraised you should raise this hand to eliminate players if possible, or if you have multiple limpers you should raise for value because of the extra big hand potential. Talk about conflicting strategies, I love poker!

On the other hand in a raised pot it should be played for big hand potential. Every hand a decent player would raise or call a raise with has you beat and often dominated. You will need a flop of 2 pair or better, or a big draw to play on most times. Playing this hand in a raised pot is where I think it gets tricky and opens up a debate.

Now let's get controversial, what would a Steve-O post be without some controversy!

Situation - UTG player raises (he's a semi-solid player and would need AJ or better, or a pair of 9s and up to raise) everyone folds to you on the button you of course have KQs, the BB is a calling station, what do you do?

Situation 2 - Same situation but you have another caller (A loose but not maniacal player, he could hold anything from 45s to pocket Queens). what do you do?

Situation 3 - same situation as before but there are now 4 callers. What do you do?

My thoughts to follow...