Re: why NOT to limp preflop - 6max NL
its all about balance. raising marginal hands also produce a lot of situations where you lose a big pot that would not have happened had you limped especially since many on this board do not "let go of a hand easily" postflop. We can bring up your 77 hand against TWP for example had you not hit the 7 on the river or if TWP decided to bet/3bet the turn.
or if we use your example with QQ, had villain had AA/KK/Set, you would have been stacked whereas if you had a tighter image, perhaps it wouldn't have happened.
The important thing is balance. increased aggression with a wider array of hands widen our own range as well as the range of our opponent if they are able to adjust. at the end of the day, you still have to win more than you lose. you might win 10 pots out of 15 whereas a tighter player wins 6 small pots out of 8.
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