Raise small to weed out tight players preflop. If you get someone betting big preflop I would say that almost guarantees them having something like AK QQ, in which case depending on the raise I might call to see if I flop my set.
If someone raises big preflop and flop is all low cards, I'll usually put them all in as I find it more likely they'll have AQ or AK and not AA KK QQ. People have a hard time throwing away a powerhand like AK even if they don't flop anything, they'll give up a lot of chips to chase it sometimes. |