Bubble Play - Limpers and Mini-raisers

[david050173]

I don't think SNGPT is going to help a lot.

There are 2 type of people that limp/miniraise. Those with monsters and those that don't want to invest a lot of money in the hands. If the person has been raising 3x and limps/miniraises, you have to be worried. If they have been doing it every hand, you can think about pushing. When do to this is a bit of a feel issue and very situational. The questions I ask (in no particular order) are
1) how much do I need this pot
2) Anyone left behind me and how tight they are
3) Has the limper/miniraise been doing this consistantly
4) Do I have enough chips to have some folding equity
5) Does my hand have any playing potential (suited, connected, a couple of high cards)
6) has the person shown an ability to lay down a hand preflop

You have to remember pushing here is a lot more high risk than open pushing. They often have good odds to call. If there are 2 or 3 limpers pushing can be a good move in that you can get a lot of dead money in the pot as you normally only end up with 1 caller at most.