Quick Poll: Limping AA/KK

[RunDownHouse]

I always just assumed that anyone I saw do this was an idiot, except under very special circumstances (I don't know if I've ever actually seen the right circumstances at these 6max games). I still think I'm right, but thought I'd throw up a quick poll and see if I was missing something.

Please share your reasoning for limping these, if you do it.

[IGMorton]

i don't do it much. but, limp-reraising is great fun if i know some other tag at the table will raise me. the limp-reraise really throws people off.

since i open-limp small pp's and hands like JTs, people don't expect much when i limp AA [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Dave D]

Your poll answers arent specific enough.

I limp AA/KK if I know it's going to be heads up (say im the sb and it folds to me). Depending on situation I might limp AA if I expect two other people to see the flop.

I'll do it sometimes against LAGs too, especially when I know I'll be heads up with them and the action will usually go they raise, I call, i check, they bet, i call, i check, they bet, i raise.

[GetThere1Time]

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I'll do it sometimes against LAGs too, especially when I know I'll be heads up with them and the action will usually go they raise, I call, i check, they bet, i call, i check, they bet, i raise.

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Sounds like you're missing about a million bets against a LAG.

[Dave D]

depends on the LAG. I was assuming a LAG that would check/call after a 3 bet flop.

[thuja]

I limped an AA last night. The reason was that I had been at the table for a couple of hours, the table was fairly tight, and everyone knew that I was tight and aggressive. Before I got the AA, I had about a 20 minute stretch without a hand to play. I knew that if I open with a raise from early position, the whole table would fold

[vabogee]

limp-reraising is like holding up a sign that says "I have AA! Play me accordingly!" I said "no" by the way.

[sam h]

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limp-reraising is like holding up a sign that says "I have AA! Play me accordingly!"

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If you can trap 2-3 other players for three bets preflop, who cares?

[sam h]

I'll do this in two situations. First if I'm UTG and there are two players behind me with PFR > 20 who are not good/observant enough to wonder what I'm doing limping UTG. Second if I'm SB and I think the BB doesn't defend enough.

[vabogee]

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limp-reraising is like holding up a sign that says "I have AA! Play me accordingly!"

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If you can trap 2-3 other players for three bets preflop, who cares?

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because there are still three streets of betting left to go, and they know more about your hand than you do about theirs. (assuming they're decent players) if i flop a set, i'm now trapping you for 3 or more bets, knowing there's a huge chance you have AA, and think the flop didn't help me. just the way i see it...