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Old 05-12-2005, 02:09 PM
pzhon pzhon is offline
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Default Re: Is there any reason to open limp UTG?

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In the low limit games I've played (.50/1, 2/4, and casino 3/6) I feel perfectly comfortable limping a low pocket pair from EP *most* of the time. Now that I'm playing 3/6 online, I see a need to tighten up a little in this respect, but relatively speaking, in a situation where it's not correct to limp EP with a low PP, I'm pretty sure it's even less correct to limp with QT for instance, which was really my point.

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You need to distinguish QTo from QTs. There is a huge difference between the two in loose games. According to the PokerRoom EV page, at $1-$2 and $2-$4, QTs wins from all positions outside the blinds while QTo loses from almost all positions outside the blinds. Low pairs are mixed.

Many people feel that limping is weak. It sounds weak. It lets the big blind see the flop for free. Do you want to be a weak person or a strong person? However, I belive limping with low suited Broadway cards from early position is better than folding which is better than raising. Sometimes it pays to be weak.
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