The more I think about this, the more I think, that if your going to play this hand.... ( folding is what you should do, since your in the BB ), but, you feel your opponents are weak, or kidding around, or you stacked the deck, or for whatever reason you do decide to play these two cards.. and that is the ticket right there... your first decision should be
1) do I play these cards...
not, do I call or raise...
once you have decided to play them, then
2) call or raise
and I would raise, with the thought process of
the money I lose here with my raise, ie, initial better comes over and I fold, will pay me off in the long run... and more than likely, the table will fold down to 1 or 2, and if not, I've still got a decent pair of starting cards.
This falls under the category of selective agression...
You have the advantage vs good players as that they should know your not going to come over a raise from BB position unless you have something to back it up.... ur screwed vs the less than stellar players tho.
Summary.. the safe thing to do is fold... the potential for a great payoff makes this a playable hand.  |