Limping QQ under the gun

[akishore]

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(1) The odds that an Ace or a King will flop are 1.3 to 1, in other words it will happen 43% of the time.

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I don't see the significane of this.

These numbers don't change whether I raise or limp.


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(2)High pocket pairs (including AA and KK) play much better against one or two opponents. Please look at some of the numbers when you get the chance, you will see that the winning percentages for high pocket pairs decrease rapidly, as the field goes from 2 to 4-5 players.

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I don't really care much about winning percentages; I care about winning money.


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3)Assuming that you have some reads on your opponents, raising will help you define their hands.

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This is a grey area, but I believe that my opponents' hands tend to be better defined with a bet on the flop in a small, unraised pot, than they do with a continuation bet on a flop in a big, raised pot.

If the reasons aren't clear, I'll elaborate.


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I just feel that "checking and folding" QQ is just giving up too much value.

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Not doing that the 7 out of 8 times I don't flop a set, so I'm not just check/folding every non-Q flop.


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