Opening with A9o and A8o from utg and utg+1 (party 10/20, 6max)

[FishyWhale]

I realize that in a poll taken about 2 months back, most posters wrote they would always open-raise; the 2nd largest group was the one who would almost always open-raise. Yet even though I find myself open-calling less and less, it still seems to be the best option for me in certain cases:

You can just let it go if the flop is a total mishit, often costing only one bet, instead of three (if someone calls) or four (if someone c-rs).

You don´t risk completely isolating yourself against a 3bet by a far better hand.

You can create deception the times you limp with AA, KK, AKs, making it more likely that you can get in one more bet preflop.

In short: I will limp with certain hands who I feel are too good to fold, but too close between call and raise.

[FishyWhale]

And fold or call the other times?

[Danenania]

Fold. I hardly ever open limp.

[Danenania]

There are about a million posts in Small Stakes that address each fallacy of your argument.