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Old 01-30-2004, 11:52 PM
CrisBrown CrisBrown is offline
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Default Re: How to build a stack early.

Hi Lion-O,

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My only one I use is to raise about 3 or 4x the Big blind in late position after a 2 or 3 limpers w/small suited connecters like 5,6 suited. That way if low cards come and I hit it I got the deception to bust somebody, and if high cards come and they check to me, I can still bluff at the pot and try to steal it.

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I think this is a net chip- and money-loser over the long run, especially against competent players who pay any kind of attention. And if you move up in stakes, you're going to run into more and more of those players. They'll limp-reraise you with monster hands that will have you bleeding chips on trash steals, check-raise you on monster flops ... and if that weren't enough, you've run off the callers you need to build implied odds on a drawing hand.

But if it works for you, what do I know? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Cris
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