There is such a balance to this game and being deceptive. For example, I like to keep my pre flop raises between 3-5 BB's whether I have A,J s, 10,10 or A,A, etc. Odds are your not going to hit most flops so once in a while I like to just call with anyone of these hands to change it up. Either way there is a problem with this. Your the raiser with anyone of these hands pre flop and either one, you don't connect or two, the flop is rags. This can be bad even if you narrowed the field with the raise but on the other hand if you didn't raise or there wasn't a raise pre flop then at least you saw the flop for less. Of course there might be more people in the hand now. If it was raised before you then you might just smooth call it where if you don't connect on the flop you have more to work with. Is there any golden rule if you have position and a good hand pre flop where you should always raise all the time?

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A raise pre-flop for me depends on many factors such as: how many people at the table, your position, what has happened in front of you, how the table is playing, etc.

I generally re-raise with AA or KK (regardless of position) and also never limp in with these hands. A high pair is likely to be the best hand pre-flop and doesn't really need to hit the flop. AK or AQ on other hand are drawing hands and usually need to hit the flop. I will usually limp in with these in early position and raise on the button.

And I also believe the answer to your question is a matter of your playing style. Some people are very aggressive and some are tight and passive. I suppose the absolute best stategy would be to be able to adjust your game according to your opponents.

There is no always.

Only "it depends".

Mathematically you should raise one position off the button with Ax where x>10 and there no more than two limpers.

Very few ppl play mathematically.................

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