Quote Originally Posted by DrNoChance
I thought about raising pre-flop, but being OOP scared me a bit. It's nothing for these guys to call a 4xBB raise with 89s, etc. Often at a full ring table I play JJ/TT from UTG the same way I would, say, 77...to either make a set or throw the hand away (unless a total undercard flop comes). Maybe I need to rethink that strategy on a loose/passive table, and raise TT from UTG.
Think of it this way - at a loose table, all the weak hands are often paying the best *and* second best hands (second best hand can also earn more than its fair share). That's not the case when an opponent has an overpair, (TT vs. AA), but overpairs to TT don't occur all that frequently. If tighty held AK, which is a lot more common holding than AA, you would have been ahead until the turn.

I'm sure you realize this, but I'll say it anyway: Having them call 4xBB with 89s is exactly what you want to happen when you hold TT.