Thoughts on KQ and medium Aces.

[Van_Broke]

Keep in mind I play at the .25/50 level so things may not be the same as what most the players here seem to play at. I'm starting to think it's better to limp with these hands instead of raise in a cash game. I used to always raise with KQ if say I picked them up in the cutoff after it's folded to me or maybe one limper.

Problem is what kind of hands fold that would have called the BB? KJ, KT, QJ, QT, and worse with a lot of players. What kind of hands call? Obviously premium hands, but also medium Aces, and any pocket pair. Really if you raise with this hand, you only want to take it down with a CB. Problem is, an Ace flops you usually get called and can't move a guy off and hand like A8. You hit a K or Q, you either have the best hand and win a small pot right there or someone with AQ or AK smokes you. I guess what I'm saying is raising with this hand only removes the hands you have dominated with the exception of maybe hands like A3.

I think by limping you get a chance to win some good size pots with this hand over hands you have crushed. Obviously, you are going to win a smaller percentage of the time with it as you're going to have to fold more often, but the bigger pots you can win seem to more than make up for it. I look at hands like AT, A9 and even A8 and AJ the same way. I want weak aces calling the blind behind me without knowing the "strength" of my hand. I have been playing this way lately and so far it seems to be working out pretty good. What do you guys think?