Re: why NOT to limp preflop - 6max NL
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-some situations in 6max where if you raise, you are constantly 3-bet by someone very good with a wide range. mixing in limps and limp reraises is an effective counter strategy and probably not as swingy as getting involved in the 3-bet/4-bet wars that seem to have taken hold of the games lately
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im tring not to be nitpicky ( [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ) and in general what you're saying is good and all.
but the best strategy is if someone very good is making your life hell, really, is to get up and not play at that table. or change positions. implementing something on the go - like the limp / raise limp / call limp / fold rather then raise and face his 3bet is highly exploitable, running along the thinking that the hero is probably very inexperienced with applying an "effective" strategy doing that, so most of it will be on the go. whereas villain will have dealt with limpers that call fold and raise before, so he's not really faced with anything new.
i get 3bet alot, and mainly i just 4bet more (then go busto) . really tho just loosen up even more or tighten up works for me - the old expression is "if you bang your head into a wall 10 times in a row, maybe its time to walk around it instead" rather then stick to raising pf alot, try something different, like fold a little more.
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