Completing from SB.

[David04]

What should I complete the SB with? Right now my VP$P from the SB is at 44%. I complete with any two suited cards, anything connected, and any two cards above ten. Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks.

[ArturiusX]

That VPIP is huge from the SB. 30-35% is what you should be looking at.

[btspider]

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start taking the # of limpers into account or elaborate on your standards with a # of limper breakdown.

[thesharpie]

Mine is only 26%. I think my reason is a matter of table selection.

[ArturiusX]

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Mine is only 26%. I think my reason is a matter of table selection.

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I'd have to purposely seek out tables that only allowed me to complete 26% /images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[thesharpie]

Maybe I am a little tight. I usually complete any 2 suited, unless there's something like 1 limper, and any cards ten or higher. Should I be completing hands like 78o with a few limpers?

[aK13]

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Maybe I am a little tight. I usually complete any 2 suited, unless there's something like 1 limper, and any cards ten or higher. Should I be completing hands like 78o with a few limpers?

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I complete with those types of hands. My SB complete % is around 35, which I think is perfect. My favorite hand to complete with is 23s =).

[KaiShin]

Completing from the SB is very situation dependent. With enough limpers, I could be convinced to play just about anything.

On first glance, I'd say tighten up, but maybe you just play on tables where everyone limps /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[David04]

Well, these stats are from .02/.04, so there is an average of 4-5 limpers every hand.

[walkdoc]

I've gotten screwed the last two days in SB and BB w/ Axo, Kxo, and Qxo. Basically anything I can get dominated with. Enough whinning on my part!

So, how low will you reasonably go w/ you X's offsuit w/ a A, K or Q?

What about K9o or K8o, or lower? Will you complete with that hand? What about Qxo as well, or Axo? How Low Will You go?
Bruce

[jrz1972]

My general rule is to complete with any two suited, any pair, and any two cards T or higher. I will also usually complete with A9o and K9o. Q9o I muck.

With a small number of limpers I will complete with any offsuit A, but I literally mean like one or maybe two limpers at the most. That doesn't seem to happen often at .5/1, so I usually find myself mucking these.

Kxo is pretty much crap IMO even with just a few players considering that I'll be OOP the whole hand.

[adsman]

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Maybe I am a little tight. I usually complete any 2 suited, unless there's something like 1 limper, and any cards ten or higher. Should I be completing hands like 78o with a few limpers?

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I almost always complete 2 suited cards if there's only 1 limper. For the simple reason that I know I can outplay them postflop.

[Wetdog]

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That VPIP is huge from the SB. 30-35% is what you should be looking at.

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Is .035 BB/100 (44% minus 30% times .25BB) that big a leak?

[MrWookie47]

Personally, I don't complete K9o. The mutt always comes back and bites me in the ass. It's probably profitable for 0.5 SB, but having the worst position takes a lot of that away. I'm also more than willing to grant that you're a better player than me.

Actually, I haven't been completing A9o either. That's one that I'd be open to reconsider, however. I'll have to try it out for a while and see what I think.

[Wetdog]

I'll occasionally complete (unraised) with a totally donk hand like J2o just for tilt value. When I split the pot with someone on the button with KJ on a runner-runner straight I'll remind him how much that sucked.

Mostly though I play broadways. And even then I play so passive because I hate the position and I suck. Every time I get aggro some passive call station with pocket rockets bites me in the wallet. /images/graemlins/mad.gif So I play passive and pick up itty bittys where I can.

[bottomset]

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Well, these stats are from .02/.04, so there is an average of 4-5 limpers every hand.

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then ya you can play a lot of hands for 1/2 price if you constantly get 6/.5