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Open Limping
Ok I was reading a post that recommended never to open limp. This really got me thinking as it is a part of my game that I feel like I need work on. What are everyone's thoughts on open limping?
If I have a hand that is playable UTG, such as JTs, QJs, does anyone recommend raising with these hands? I always was under the belief that these hands play much better in a multiway pot, so I should limp in a passive game hoping for 4 to 5 limpers behind me. I tend to throw them away UTG if the game is aggressive. A better example would be AJ offsuit, widely regarded as the cutoff "profitable" hand UTG. Is this an open limp or a raise? Or even a hand like 98s in MP if folded around to me. I think I tend to play weaker in these scenarios as my preflop raise % is around 8%, where it should probably be around 9% or 10%. Any thoughts? |
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Re: Open Limping
Only if the game is extremly passive and loose would I limp with QJs UTG.
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Re: Open Limping
I'm more interested in people's thoughts in general on open limping in EP or MP. If it's folded around to me in late position it is worth a raise if it is worth a play. I guess I'm not really wondering about individual hands as much as the general concept of open limping, if that makes sense.
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Re: Open Limping
The only time I would consider open-limping is with small pairs, some suited aces and small suited broadways in very passive and loose games. Other than that, next to never.
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Re: Open Limping
It's sinful to open limp in middle or late position.
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Re: Open Limping
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I'm more interested in people's thoughts in general on open limping in EP or MP. If it's folded around to me in late position it is worth a raise if it is worth a play. I guess I'm not really wondering about individual hands as much as the general concept of open limping, if that makes sense. [/ QUOTE ] Open-limping in MP or later, assuming you have any chance to take down the blinds with a raise, is terrible. And open-limping multiway hands, in a pot that is now unlikely to be multiway, is also terrible. Chris Ferguson Thinks you shouldn't open-limp in a tight game Ed Miller states that most open-limpers are weak |
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Re: Open Limping
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Chris Ferguson Thinks you shouldn't open-limp [/ QUOTE ] "Why I never call as the first to enter a pot. In tough Hold'em games...." If you have a chance to take the blinds, then raise, otherwise fold. |
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Re: Open Limping
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Only if the game is extremly passive and loose and filled with horrible horrible players would I limp with QJs UTG. [/ QUOTE ] FYP |
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Re: Open Limping
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[ QUOTE ] Only if the game is extremly passive and loose and filled with horrible horrible players would I limp with QJs UTG. [/ QUOTE ] FYP [/ QUOTE ] You're saying you wouldn't limp QJs UTG in an average small stakes full ring game? |
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Re: Open Limping
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The only time I would consider open-limping is with small pairs, some suited aces and small suited broadways in very passive and loose games. Other than that, next to never. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Only if the game is extremly passive and loose and filled with horrible horrible players would I limp with QJs UTG. [/ QUOTE ] FYP [/ QUOTE ] These seem to go against what SSHE says. Maybe I'm wrong or trying to "go by the book" too much. |
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