Calling preflop raises after limping: How to exploit & avoid

[Mason Malmuth]

Before the flop. if it was correct to limp in and now you call a raise for one more bet, you are playing correctly. There are virtually no hands that you would fold in this spot for one more bet.

But you do fold some of these hands when in the blind if someone raises. There are two reasons for this. First, there is no additional blind money in the pot (since you are the blind). Second, it looks natural to fold the blind and thus doesn't encourage players to take shots at you.

Here's an example. Suppose you call with AJ UTG and are immediately raised by the player on your left. Without discussing the rest of the action, you should be prepared to call for one more bet. However, if you held this same hand in the big blind against this exact same raiser, you might (and often should) fold.

MM