am i playing this incorrectly? it's cost me alot of money lately

[SengioKang]

the question is ... being a squeaky tight midget is it correct to open raise and get cold called for 10 and some semblance of pot size control... or not played with at all because it's like "hey, there's AA or KK"
or is the limp/raise option better for getting money in the middle.

[Unknown Soldier]

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UTG dealt KsKc, i limp for $2...


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saw this and stopped reading. Your answer is yes you are playing incorrectly.

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I limp-reraise AA/KK/QQ/AK all the time from EP in live play

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i hope you're levelling. lrr at a 200nl live gme is just soooooooo bad.

[grando]

with $100 effective stack it isn't

[sh58]

a)LRR with 50BB is fine.

b)raise 6BB, get 4 callers.

flop is 30BB. then you can bet call.

both are fine IMO. 1st probably less variance (you will only get 1 caller, not 4 probably)

[TheChad]

I personally like this play at 1/2nl. I don't use it all that often, but it does work.
If, however, there is a 5/10nl reg sitting, I raise a lot wider range than aa/kk/ak. For ex, I'll pick two or three SCs and a one-gapper to add to limp/calling in EP and raise with them from LP.
I think that most live 1/2NLers are not able to narrow someone that w/t to AA/KK PF so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Even if they are, having a 50BB stack all of the time won't phase them stacking off with JJ or AK. Most of the time, the regs in my 1/2NL game have 250BB+.

[GuiMo]

What is bad about your play is that you"re always playing the same hands it the same way. Use some variance and sometimes, Open bet with these hands. You can also do it with other hands like 72o just to foul everyone.

GuiMo

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Use some variance and sometimes, Open bet with these hands. You can also do it with other hands like 72o just to foul everyone.


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do not do this lol

[thac]

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What is bad about your play is that you"re always playing the same hands it the same way. Use some variance and sometimes, Open bet with these hands. You can also do it with other hands like 72o just to foul everyone.

GuiMo

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More like standard raise KK or AA to mix it up, not lrr 72o.

[Unknown Soldier]

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What is bad about your play is that you"re always playing the same hands it the same way.

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that is not what's bad

[BenJay]

i play a live 1/2 with a max BI of 80 and i almost never slowplay those hands. ur situation sounds alot like my normal live game all ppl see me showing down is AA, KK QQ and AK, AQ i still make a fair profit. dont limp under the gun with AA and KK every time, just enough to make them cautious of what ur holding.