Assume all have folded to you at a typical table.

What are you raising standards from:

1) Hijack
2) CO
3) Button

Depends on the table, and the villains left.... but here are some random thoughts that change vastly:

1) Hijack - Same as general MP raising hands. I'm certainly raising K-Jo, A-9 or better, pairs 7-7 and above.

2) CO - I add K-10, A-7 or better, all pocket pairs

3) Button - Still K-10, any Ace, all pairs... Q-J and J-10

I'm sure I'm missing some, and that mine are different from others who play at different stakes and different villains. This is a really broad question.

Doesn't this depend a lot on what game you're playing?

Limit or NL?

Tournament or cash game?

What level and how good are the opponents still in the hand?

I would tend to think that this is one of those questions that can't possibly have a simple answer because it is so dependent on the game you're playing...but maybe I'm missing something.

Assume all have folded to you at a typical table.

What are you raising standards from:

1) Hijack
2) CO
3) Button


Anything I'd play.

In terms of minnimum standards probaly JQs and up, KTo and up, and 77 and up.

Good luck.

Limit. Ring game.



Tightish players left. Around 25 VPIP not overly passive/aggressive(CO, button). One tight blind (<20 VPIP with decent aggression), one calling station blind.

Table/opponent dependant, but generally (and this is a fairly recent change to my tactics), from CO and later I raise it up with any pocket pair, any ace (suited or not), any two cards that add up to 19 or more (suited or not), any suited connectors without a gap, and suited connectors with one gap from 6-8 and up. 8)