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Old 06-30-2005, 10:12 AM
parappa parappa is offline
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Default Re: when is it correct to call on the button?

Imo it depends on the range of hands that your opponents are limping with. Versus a bunch of players that play 30%+ of their hands, you have an equity edge that you should push, and I think it's pretty easy.

Versus, say, 2 early position rocks who play 10% of their hands and almost always limp, I'm less happy about raising because they could easily have me dominated if they're routintely limping with stuff like AQo.

But, in general, the fact that your AJo will win less often against loose players in multiway pots is more than made up for by the fact that you will win bigger pots when you do win, so raising preflop with these hands will make you more money. Imo the players you're playing against have to have a certain amount of skill before the concept starts to apply. How much skill they have to have is hotly debated, but in loose microlimit games I think it's pretty much always correct to raise here.
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