Wetts1012;351762 wroteI flat. But thats me. 10x is prob not very good tho....
You have a value hand, in position.
If UTG 4 bets you you obviously have to fold, and thats a waste of a value hand.
I agree with Wetts here... think of it like this:
The first raiser has a hand he likes, and you have a mediocre hand. If there was no raise in front of you, and you had a good position, I don't mind raising either. I tend towards 2.5-3xBB myself, depending on the table of course, sometimes you have to up that or can lower it.
Now, if you just call, and the action ends, you're now putting a low amount of money on a moderate (again, can't stress this enough AT BEST) hand. It has the potential (roughly 1/8 times IIRC) to hit a monster hand with another 6 on the flop. Ideally, you get a board that your hidden trips can stack a guy marrying top pair kinda thing.
When you re-raise, it shows a lot of strength, but in this case you don't have a lot of strength. Now, three things can happen with the original raiser. He can fold, and you win a mid-sized pot considering it's preflop. That's good! He can call, and you see a flop, which could be good (hit a set) or bad (scary board). Or he can re-raise, which in most cases will put you into a decision for a lot of your chips for a mediocre hand.
To go back to the 2nd option there, which happened in this case. He calls. Now think of all the scary boards that exist for 66! You're beat by any pair from 7-->A if he hits it, and only have about an 8% chance of passing him with your set on the turn/river. Further, unless you know a person outstandingly well, you're facing a wide range of hands they could be playing.
Example: A completely average player, tight but aggressive, not steaming.
You see a flop of A - T - 2 rainbow
Well, he raised in an early position, that Ace sucks to see, you're probably beat.
You see a flop of K - 9 - 4 rainbow
Well, is he playing AK like that? What about KQ? What about a medium, but bigger pair than ours like JJ / TT / 99? Am I beat?
You see a flop of J - 4 - 2 (2 clubs)
Well shit, did he play AJ like that? Maybe he has AK and 2 clubs, which would actually make him a favorite to win the hand.... Am I beat?
When wetts mentioned turning a value into a bluff, he was (correct me if I'm wrong) referring to the potentially huge hand of a set. One of the things I found most interesting when I was first picking up the game was the paradox of the best best hands - they're hardly beat, but they don't make you much money! A royal flush would have to have like A - Q - J on the board, and you'd have KT (which WTF were you doing in the hand with?). So you can't be beat, but only a few hands are going to really pay you off (AA, QQ, JJ, Ax and maybe some other flushes).
A board of A - 6 - J though, where you have 66, you're going to get paid a LOT by AJ, AK, AQ, etc. Three of a kind is a good hand, that will make you a lot of money.
Mark