You don’t want to get in the habit of being a limper. Players like to see flops cheap when they have hands like suited connectors, small pairs, middle pairs, and those trouble hands like K-J and Q-J. While you want to vary your play, always think raise first. And, if you are past the middle rounds, don’t even think of calling. If your hand is good enough to play, it’s good enough to raise.

The advantage to being the first raiser in a hand is that you are using the Gap Concept. What is the Gap Concept?

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