Raising preflop with good hands in stt's

[Zarathustra]

Been playing alot of these in the last coupld days at ladbrokes, either 5 max, 10 max or 20 max, doing ok so far playing very tight in the first couple round and then loosening up as the blinds increase. My problem is that because of my table image, when i pick up a decent hand and raise 3,4,5 times the big blinds, everybody folds and i pick up 30 chips in blinds! This has happened 3 times yesterday with QQ twice and KK once. It's even worse on the 5 man tables. How to i stop this? I'm thinking either miniraise everyother hand i get, costing me 40chip, then raise slightly larger on good hands, hoping my enemy will not notice the difference, thinking 'that maniacs raised again, probably T7' Thinking about it i could throw in a few miniraises on the button with suited connectors and similar hands to throw them off the scent. or limp the best of my hands.

[LadyLuck]

Re: Raising preflop with good hands in stt's I've had the same problem with STTs, big hands haven't made me big wins unless others have big hands too and then it can be the luck of the draw. I've not been playing long and am just a beginner, but if you're on a table like that where everyone is being more conservative, I'd simply lower my raise - I wouldn't call 5 x the big blinds unless I had a very big hand, but I'd be more likely to call a small raise, and many people will even if their hand isn't so good. If you want them to call you then you've got to make it cheap for them I guess. I wouldn't reccomend you playing like a loon though, I think it'd only come back and bite you on the ass, if people are making the effort to read you they'll probably work you out in the end! Or will be sticking to their own rules of what hands they play, what the pot odds are etc. I think a lot of the weaker players on the STTs (lower buy-ins), aren't always paying attention to be honest and so your efforts could be lost on them anyway. But there's no harm I guess in trying your ideas out and seeing what works for you if the stakes are low.