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There is nothing wrong with playing 10s and Js weakly preflop. In fact, one of the most common leaks in NL games is that people overplay these two hands preflop and on the flop. I'm sure you have experienced many situations where you raised or re-raised these hands preflop and then were completely stuck when an overcard hit. If you aren't that confident in your ability to play one pair postflop then you can make things easier for yourself by limping in EP and raising in MP-LP so that you will have position postflop.
In general, you shouldn't overvalue big pairs in NLHE. As powerful as they are, it is easy to get trapped playing one pair, and although statistically AA and KK are huge favorites against any other hand, when you play a huge pot with them unimproved you will often find yourself to be on the losing end of it. Big pairs gain more value in short buy-in games such as the old Party 50xBB game and even moreso in late stages of a tournament, but in deep stacked games look to make the big money with small-med suited connectors and little pairs. Raising with these hands in any position can be fine if you don't carry on past the flop if you don't hit.Statistics: Posted by Mad Genius — Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:54 pm
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