Which hands do you raise with or fold with? It all depends on what you are setting out to do. Are you trying to make money? Are you just using poker as entertainment? Are you wanting to actually play poker or are you just more interested in playing cards? If you want to play cards then start as many tables as you are able to then play AA, KK, QQ and AK and limp all smaller pairs for sets; fold everything else. You won't be having fun and you won't be playing poker but you'll make money. If you want to play poker you need to understand that poker cannot be played with "rules" or "restrictions". You must understand general underlying theory and concepts behind the plays that you make. Often times I'm raising a wide range of hands when its folded to me and I'll call raises with hands I "shouldn't" in position but this is because I have strength in my post flop game and my ability to read betting patterns. There is a difference between being a card player and a poker player. Which do you want to be?