One thing I have a problem with is knowing when to raise pre-flop in limit O8b. I limp almost every hand that I play. Are there any good guidlelines for what a "rasing hand" is?

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Steve-O and I both discuss raising.

I raise basically

any AA with a 2,3 or 4.
raise to build a pot with A23 or a24x with a suited A
Hands with A2 and a big card or two like A2KQ A24K A2KK, you can raise to limit the field with these hands.

Raising an A3 hand would have to be positional, late position when it folds to me. What I got from SS2 is basically if you A2 has a lot of low cards with it, build a pot. If your A2 card had big cards with it, it has more heads-up value, so raise to thin the field. If people will call raises often, you can raise the pot building hands up from. I don't want to get heads-up with A237 with a suited ace.

Steve-O posted his thoughts (thaughts? thawts?) on raising, he is more liberal with raises.

I raise alot with position, in early spots it's good to "pull" with strong hands like A23X, while in late position or in the blinds you can liberally raise with the same type of hand to build a bigger pot.

Even with good high potential I still like to pull people in early, then depending on the action I can re-raise PF or just call if I get raised with a hand like A24Kds.

But again it depends on the table, if the table VPIP is 60% and raising won't force people out you can raise more liberally with all your strong hands. The thoughts for not raising with A2 hands early is that it may force people with A3 and 23/A4 hands which would pay you off out.