Froggyvic

Noted. Well u guys give me really great insights (despite differing views) and i can see alot more blindspots now. Its also good to know what diff players think and work

for roughly 40% of ur stack? i would say yes

First of all i'd like to thank everyone for ur interest and comments on my post :)as i said, i was the table captain and i have been observing CO as 1. he sits beside me, 2. he has the stack that threathens mine, and found that he doesnt really change gears much, often limping with Ace rags/ small-medium pairs and raising with TT+/AJ+. maybe he is REALLY easy to read, or i could have gotten a false sense of confidence from my successful bullying of the smaller stacks earlier on.Although he is the chip lead, we are sitting on a 15k difference, and i wrongfully thought that most people would avo

$200 buy-in Live tournament at a casino, 540 entrants, top 35 gets paid, 1st prize 80kHyper turbo structure (hate it) starting stacks 10,000 - blinds 100/200So, I have an "ok" chip size @ 120,000 (chip leader 220,000 average 40,000). I am the 2nd chip lead & captain for my table, playing aggressive smallball poker & have always shown down premium hands.Blinds 3,000/6,000Dealt to Hero Jd 8dUTG to CO-1 foldsCO (chip lead, abt 20k more than me) limps in for 6,000Hero (Button) raises to 20,000 - trying to steal blinds/ feeler betSB foldsBB foldsCO calls 14,000Flop Js 8s 10cCO bets 10,000He

Should you min raise preflop with premium hands or no?This is something which i have yet to figure out. Im stuck between 1. raising preflop with hands like AK, AQ and giving away info. and most times if flop misses i find myself folding to any bet. 2. if i limp or min raise, i find it hard to build the pot afterwards if the board hits.i usually play 0.50/1 cash games with 200 BR.any comments guys?i also find myself folding to over aggressive raises - when i meet overly loose and aggressive players i tend to become tight/passive/weak, often finding myself get eroded away