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The example (p. 259) is actually raising ATs out of the BB behind six limpers, so it splits the difference.

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But your comparing a hand with 3 limpers vs a hand with 6 limpers!!!

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Actually, I'm not. Remember, I totally hijacked this thread to bring up a situation where we're considering raising out of the blinds (SB or BB) behind a table full of raisers. Then I made the mistake of mentioning the OP's A9s hand again in the process of explaining myself. I know it sucked of me to have done that, but at least I admitted it at the time.

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There is a huge difference. In the case of 6 limpers with ATs we are raising for value on the flush and straight making possibilities of our hand. We could also raise hands like 55 here for value.

SSHE is also for the most part dealing with small stakes live games where people limp all sorts of crap. With hands like ATs and this many people going to the flop, we have a fairly big equity advantage over them.

A9s with 3 limpers is very different.

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I agree with all of this.