Re: Is there any reason to open limp UTG?
YOu would limp many hands and for many reasons. Sometimes ill open a suited connector, sometimes ill limp it and call up to one bet. The advantage of limping is giving marginal hands a chance to beat good ones. If you open bet a hand like 78s, you'll have to lay it down if it gets capped on its way back to you and youll be losing two bets.
Same with low - mid PPs, and even hands like TT or JJ, which are often times behind even when they flop as an overpair. There have been countless times i have had QQ and JJ, and even KK, and been behind to a higher PP, but its hard to lay it down if youre betting it up. If a hand is good enough to play, it is good enough to raise, but that doesnt mean its always the right play. AA is obviously good enough to raise but there are times when a limp is the right play to make.
You also limp some hands worth raising to mix up your play, we all agree that is key.
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