BB 77 vs a limper. Blinds are big
 

PartyPoker - NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Tournament | Level: 5 - 7 players

Chip Counts:
Button: 1305 Chips
SB: 890 Chips
Hero: 1055 Chips
UTG: 955 Chips
UTG+1: 1050 Chips
MP1: 1210 Chips
CO: 1535 Chips

Hero is BB with 7d 7h
Blinds are 75/150

PreFlop
UTG Calls, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, CO folds, Button folds
SB folds, Hero is All-In, UTG is All-In

(2 players) FLOP: Th 9s Kd ( Pot Size: 2085 Chips )


(2 players) TURN: 2d ( Pot Size: 2085 Chips )


(2 players) RIVER: As ( Pot Size: 2085 Chips )


Final Pot:2085 Chips

What surprised me is not that the UTG limper called. For some reason, limpers just _hate_ folding. What surprised me was how fast he called and what he called with. I expected to see the usual: Two big cards, a medium pair or aces (seldom). I'm quite happy to try and double up here vs most of those hands. I felt that TT or bigger would have raised, 99 MIGHT have limped or 88 MIGHT have limped. I felt I was ahead most of the time and only slightly behind the rest of the time. ERGO, poosshh.

Your thoughts? I really am trying to learn.

Thanks.

Re: BB 77 vs a limper. Blinds are big
 

I probably fear UTG limpers too much when the blinds are big. But I probably check this in the BB and take it from the flop.You're right, limpers hate to fold, especially in lower buy-ins. He could be slowplaying a big pair or he could be a donk with almost any 2. If he limped in with any ace, there's a decent change he's going to say to himself, "This guy's trying to steal, and I've got an ace, I can't lose!"