Re: why NOT to limp preflop - 6max NL
StevePa wrote a post in MTT about 'exploitability' and what it actually means and how it can get easily distorted into thinking one way of playing is exploitable, etc...
This concept here seems to fall into that. If you are not changing your game to the dynamics of the table and adjusting constantly to your opponents then your play becomes exploitable. The same play that you were exploiting your opponents weaknesses are now actually your weaknesses. What may not look like a +EV play, or the most +EV play at that momment actually may very well be. Recognizing that your opponent has adjusted to your constant pounding and 3-betting may have made him change his game to now limp reraise more and put you in tough spots. Now limping behind or open limping may actually be optimal for this very momment/hand/orbit/hr./till it isn't.
The most frustrating thing that occurs to me when playing a tough opponent isn't them constantly raising. It is when I feel they are always one move ahead of me. When I decide to adapt to my surroundings but when I do I find they have adapted to my adaption. When Mr. aggro open limps it can really throw you off. It may make you more confused then if would have just made his standard raise. Now you find yourself in a guessing game throughout. As long as he will openlimp with AA/KK as he will with 89s as he will with KT as he will with garbage, his range will be just as much a mistery as if he raised.
Not to say I open limp alot or much at all, but to discount it as a weapon seems silly. I think I don't do it often because it will take yet another skill set to do so and I havn't practiced it that often. Maybe something different, I don't know. One way to be able to open limp and not worry constant about raises is to limp reraise more liberally it seems. I guess it is the same as 3-betting more liberally. Granted you will be OOP a bit more (but not always since the blinds can be the raisers) but a limp reraise also garners that much more respect I feel and maybe will neutralize the slight disadvantage.
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