i need some general advice on how to play pocket pairs.

basically if the blinds are reasnoble and i'm short stacked i move all-in. but i've found myself losing out with them alot when i've got alot of chips. not getting enough out of the pot when i have them. or possibly making it too easy for others to hit hands. i don't know. but i'm going wrong with them somewhere i know..

Which pocket pairs?

22-66
77-99
10s
JJ
QQ
KK
AA,

You should play them differently. not too fast but, with hands like :
22-66 I may fold or limp to hit a set.
77-99 call or raise, but not stand a raise
10-qq, stand a raise but no re-raise
kk, aa, re-raise all the time (may slow play aa, very not often)

Originally Posted by Fireball

Which pocket pairs?

22-66
77-99
10s
JJ
QQ
KK
AA,

You should play them differently. not too fast but, with hands like :
22-66 I may fold or limp to hit a set.
77-99 call or raise, but not stand a raise
10-qq, stand a raise but no re-raise
kk, aa, re-raise all the time (may slow play aa, very not often)

I agree with all ofthat but ina cash game, if I K/K and raise thenre raised Im just calling

well i just got knocked out with pocket 10s. got reraised on the flop and called. ended up 3 handed but the guy who reraised me folded as another guy went all in on the river and took it with a straight.

was this my bad? should i have gone all in pre-flop when i got reraised? the guy who reraised me was the big stack.

Im confused. did u get re-raised pre- or post flop, or both? But regardless of that your hand doesnt play well against multiple opponents. If you felt that you had the best hand pre-flop go all-in, try to isolate. Heads up- you are more than likely a favorite.
If its post-flop, depends on what the flop was.

Very general guidelines, because position and blinds relative to stack will change things, as does the # of players.........

but basically at a full table, early in a tournament.........or your standard ring game scenario.

10's through Aces raising to minimize field.
22-99 limping and hoping to catch a set....check folding if overcards hit board.

This works fine for me.

Late in a tourney with big blinds and fewer players I am raising almost all of my PP's.

Never pushing unless I have an extremely low M and am in an All-In/Fold mindset.

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I take it we are talking tournament play. There is a strategy using low pocket pairs late in a tournament called the stop and go. You use this when you are in real blinds trouble and are looking to double up the safest way possible. It is best when you are in the blinds or early position so you act BEFORE a caller.

With a low to mid pair ie up to 99 you raise about half your stack preflop and then bang the rest in post flop regardless.
If the guy has called you with overcards (very likely) it gives him only 3 cards to hit rather than 5. this gives him about a 30% chance of hitting rather than a 50%. If he misses on the three he'll probably fold and you have made a nice profit for less risk than letting him see all 5 cards.
If he called pre-flop with a higher PP that doesn't set up then you put him in a tough position; if there are overcards, he'll probably fold.
Even if he hits an overcard on the flop he may not call because he may not like his kicker too much, or it is middle pair rather than top pair

Of course this does have the draw back that if he does call you are most likely in trouble but you were prepared to put it all in anyway.

Originally Posted by Antneye

Very general guidelines, because position and blinds relative to stack will change things, as does the # of players.........

but basically at a full table, early in a tournament.........or your standard ring game scenario.

10's through Aces raising to minimize field.
22-99 limping and hoping to catch a set....check folding if overcards hit board.

This works fine for me.

Late in a tourney with big blinds and fewer players I am raising almost all of my PP's.

Never pushing unless I have an extremely low M and am in an All-In/Fold mindset.

I have since modified my play to raising them all the way down to 7's......my reson being that my raise is mostly leaving me against overcards, and if I get a favorable flop (no paint, or 1 paint) I can continuation bet and take the pot down in most cases. If I hit my set, I can slow down with a favorable flop, or bet it hard against a scary flop. A higher PP is often re-raising me PF, so I know where I stand.

This modification seems to be working favorably on my pp play.