trigs;335400 wrotethere's a little more to it than just your hole cards and shoving preflop.
You're right, I'm still new to the game and this is my first post. I was up against someone who I would refer to as a LAG and he had a very wide range (this was live). So I raised to $10 preflop, he raised me to $25 and seeing as this was the best hand I received all night I decided to go all-in with pocket Jacks where they promptly met pocket kings.
In retrospect I consider this a learning experience more than anything. I've been playing for a while but just recently started playing live at 1/2 stakes.
Cheers