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Old 02-15-2007, 08:24 PM
Aaron W. Aaron W. is offline
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Default Re: KTo from the Btn

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no one has said to raise preflop, so i will say it:

raise preflop!

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Meh. I'd usually limp. You already own the button and there is an early position limper, so your edge isn't as large.

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Is there any reasonable edge at all? I was under the impression that KTo is more or less premium trash, not to be played unless from the Btn or CO and never in a raised pot.

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If the players in the pot are pretty bad (will call down any pair bad), then you have a playing edge over them with position and two broadway cards (it's even larger if a preflop raise means they will check it to you, and your edge grows as the blinds get tighter).

Calling it premium trash is an overstatement. It's a weak broadway combination and it's definitely playable in position in a limped pot.

I would raise to isolate a single bad late position limper if the blinds are willing to cooperate.

I would also openraise from about 2 off the button (full ring), depending on the tightness and postflop skill of the blinds. In 6-max, I'd rather wait until the CO to raise because the blinds are looser and more aggressive.
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