Re: Full Ring 101 Questions - N00Bs ask here
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Is it ever right to fold the smallest pocket pairs when you are first into the pot in EP? This is mostly for tight online games, NL$100+.
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With deep stacks (~200bb) and reasonably good players it is often good to fold 22-55 in early position because when you hit, you don't usually get paid off enough unless somebody behind you has a higher set. Bob Ciaffone wrote in PL&NLP, "I recommend playing dueces through fives only in late position and unraised pots."
In most games, however, a set is a set and overpairs will stack off often enough to play low pairs from almost any position as long as you are not calling off more than 10% of your stack preflop for the chance to see the flop.
The 5-10 rule works. Call a raise with a small to mid pair if it is less than 5% of effective stacks. Fold if it is more than 10%. Make a judgement call to fold or call in between.
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