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I know what you mean alien - but if you raised 4BB everytime you had TT and were getting 3 or 4 (whatever 'a few' is in this example) callers then you have to expect them to be playing a lot of weak hands. IF that is the case then you might as well raise any pair as you'll have the best of it on average and get paid off whenever you make a monster.

You just can't worry about someone making trips - shit happens! Your main concern is someone having an overpair or drawing out on you. Somoene not re-raising you with a bigger pair is making an error IMO (certainly if they have KK or AA). Ergo your opponents have made a mistake (they've a bigger pair), they're drawing with high cards (you have defined your hand!) or you are a monster favourite (they've a smaller pair)

Mr. M - plenty of Sklanskys theory isn't specific to any variant of poker - it is general. Re the other question it is about whether you make more when you hit than you lose when you don't - similar to Ken's logic of calling a raise with a small pocket pair - you'll lose most of the time, but when you hit your set you'll win big.