Quote Originally Posted by bdawg56kg
AJ hand, preflop is okay I guess, but I like taking a more agressive approach and putting in a raise here.
I'm not a fan of raising here multi-way.
o No one folds unless you make such a big raise that a rare limped big hand becomes a problem.
o It builds a pot with a marginal edge.
o It defines your hand to poor players
o They expect you to c-bet instead of otherwise tipping off their hands cheaper via flop action.
o It leaves less money behind.

Quote Originally Posted by bdawg56kg
In other words, calling will allow you to see how he reacts to different types of turn cards, and you can make a better decision without just jamming the pot.
I hear flush draws don't like it when they have to put in lots of money to see a river after missing a turn. I also hear a lot of really bad players take you up on this sucker bet.

Quote Originally Posted by bdawg56kg
In other words you have to learn to control the size of the pot because in general against non-fish, you want to have a lot better than one pair when playing a big pot.
...unless you pick off a (semi-)bluff.