2s to 9s, try to get in cheap from any position. If someone raises too big, have the discipline to throw them away. However, I think they are definitely worth calling 2x 3x BB preflop raises.
If you don't hit a set on flop, check/fold. If you do, watch for straights and flush draws. If there are two cards of same suit or something like 8 9 T, you want to be ultra aggressive to protect your hand (especially if it's a multiway pot) If they outdraw you, you are going to go broke holding on to your set
If it's A Q 3 rainbow and you have 33, you are in for a partay. If there are people who are betting with AQ, AK, you can raise and hope for a re-raise or just slow-play all the way. I prefer just calling the flop and raising on the turn. However, I will just raise right away if there are too many people in the pot.
Another interesting thing I learned recently (might have been from this forum actually ...) is that if someone bets pre-flop, everyone else folds, you have late position, and you have small pocket pair, you can get them to fold something like AK right on the flop. Ak vs small pocket pair, as you all know, is 50/50. However, that's considering that AK sees cards all the way to the river. If AK only gets to 3 cards on the flop, small pocket pair has advantage. If you put him on these hands, heads-up, and the flop comes 4 6 9, don't let him see another card for free, make him pay with expensive bets. I'd even suggest going-all in if the pot is large enough.  |