[Silky Slim32]

how do you play low pockets, especially when you raise preflop and get several callers?

[RavensBP]

dont reaise preflop, just call the big blind and hope for the set, otherwise lay em down

[hinne21]

just hope for a set,dont raise them with 9 players at a table in early positon,you can raise them if you have the dealer position or the small blind and everybody folded.If you are just 5 or less at one table than you you can raise them and see if you catch a set or if your opponent missed the flop

[chips1234]

if theres limpers before you feel free to limp aswell if your opening the pot raise instead of limping this way you can steal the blinds if you get no callers and most of the time will take the pot with a continuation bet on the flop

[Warbuff]

Although a lot of people argue against, it generally increases your chances to be against fewer players rather the more. I like a small pre-flop raise especially in position, but there has to be certain factors for me to enter the pot. My stack size, my table image my position, the style of the other players at the table and how my last few hand were perceived. Are you playing online or live? online players will chase with almost anything making it harder to play a small pair correctly, in general see a cheap flop and let it go if you don't hit or have very poor flop texture. Many other factors could affect this as well I just listed a few of the major ones from my perspective.

[JohnnyCostella]

Ive always like the moto, "No set, no bet" this is true for myself 95% of the time.

[KieNasty94]

Originally Posted by JohnnyCostella

Ive always like the moto, "No set, no bet" this is true for myself 95% of the time.

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That's generally how I play it, unless you feel you have really, really strong read on a player, and think he 100% missed the flop.

[vukojebina]

Tight game middle/late position raise, early limp. Loose game limp early/middle and raise late. Raise is 3xBB, since I want action after the flop when I hit a set.

When you hit always bet... and watch for chasers.

When you miss - check, fold. Unless with a good position (button) and you were the preflop raiser and everybody checks to you. Then I'll try to bluff with a bet around 1/3 1/2 of the pot. Many callers usually mean weak players, so they don't actually see the bet size in relation to pot, so lower bet bluffs can work and they don't cost a lot of my stack. If I get called, I am ready to abandon that hand.

The only time I don't play like that when I don't hit a set is when the guy with the short stack is betting after the flop. I almost always raise them. But that is just me , because I have superiority complex against short stacks.