One addendum: If there are already people in the pot, you start thinking about raises in terms of pot size rather than BB's (a 3x BB riase with 4 limpers already in probably won't accomplish much).

You have to ask yourself, as you do with every raise, "What do you want?"

1.) Do you want to go heads up with someone?

2.) Do you want to cheaply narrow the field and hold off on big betting until catch risking the lowering of your odds because many times, you'll only see 3 cards?

3.) Do you want to conserve chips by investing very little until you see a lot more (i.e. other people's strength, more cards, your opponent's tendencies)?

Ace-King is viewed as hand to play blindly such as Aces or Kings, but it's not as such. I personally will make whatever raise is the normal raise at the table that is working to go heads up. If this number is 4BB+, I'll limp and play the hand street by street as any other hand. Ace-King is not a hand to play blindly preflop in tournaments by any means.

Have you read Championship Pot Limit and No Limit Hold'em by TJ and McEnvoy? You have a lot questions relating to this book.

Originally Posted by the alex

Have you read Championship Pot Limit and No Limit Hold'em by TJ and McEnvoy? You have a lot questions relating to this book.

That's one I haven't read . . . . always look at it every time I make an Amazon order . . . any good?

Yes, HoH covers all that and better. I read it in a day, hated every second of it, I knew most of it already (two years ago?) and was thouroughly disapointed in it, returned it that same day and got Poker essays Instead, much more satisfied with that.