Quote Originally Posted by thenonsequitur
Another question. For hand 8 (pair of deuces in position after a limper), the concesus seems to be to raise preflop. So how much should I raise, and what am I trying to accomplish with my raise? Do I raise to get it heads-up with position and initiative, to hopefully to take it down with a flop c-bet?
1) 25NL has a lot of bad players who like to call a raise pre-flop and fold to a bet on the flop.
2) Build a pot. It's a lot easier to stack someone with a set if the pot was raised pre-flop.