Quote Originally Posted by crazyeddie
agreed. These sound like legit limit holdem strategies. I still worry about raising with marginal hands to limit the field in NL hold'em, though. You usually end up dominated for 3 rounds of betting...
(i revised my post above a bit. I don't raise EVERY hand I play usually, just anything you'd play in first position.)

You can end up dominated. I'm trying to raise the pot a bit, not really limit the field. If the people are going to call and call and call, then make them pay for it. IF YOUR PLAYING LIKE THIS YOU NEED TO HIT YOUR FLOP!!!

Like i said earlier though, MUCK YOUR HAND if the flop goes bad on you. You will end up trapping yourself if you don't. Use that "fold to any bet" button, or just muck it out right even though its free to check.

It sounds like I'm just throwing money away, but if your going pay $.50 to see the flop then raise it to $1 to see where you stand. If you get re-raised big, let it go.

Thats how I handle a table full of calling stations.

I can not stress it enough, do not trap yourself! Just because you raised to $1 preflop doesn't mean you have to call bets after the flop.

your raising to

#1 increase the pot
#2 possibly put out players
#3 make people think your hand is stronger than it is.

One other thing is you can end up with an image as a loose player who'll raise anything. People will start calling all of your raises.

So when you do have the hand people tend to not belive you and you can get paid.

This sucks because you can't bluff well with that image. Yet on a table full of calling stations I don't try to bluff the pots.