Sklansky says...

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What i want to know is, do you ever limp in with AA or KK, when & why?

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Look through your poker tracker db and you'll see that a ridiculously large amount of your earnings are from overpairs and AK and sets . I mean like almost all of your earnings are from that. You are losing massive value by not raising and playing as aggressivley as possible with these hands.

Keep tricky play for when you get to 1000nl and up.

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Nice summary - something else to keep in mind is that Sklansky didn't write NLHTAP assuming that the reader is playing $25 NL. Use the concepts within that (and other) books at your own risk. David and Ed assume that you're playing vs. rational, thinking opponents that are capable of making fairly big laydowns. Obv a typical MSNLer that won't fold any piece of the board for any amount of money doesn't count, and making fancy plays to "take them off their bottom pair" is plain -EV.

ABC poker folks. ABC.

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I limp AA/KK about 50% of the time *if* I'm in the SB and it's folded to me. I have limped AA very very very rarely if there is a bad LAG to my left who's on a blind when I'm in LP who is almost certain to raise. (then I call and b-3bet all-in on pretty much any flop)

99% of the time I raise preflop with Aces - you only need to start mixing up your play if you are playing aganist observant opponents who think on at least level 1 that you have played lots against already - as this is very rarely the case with micro stakes it's far better to raise AA/KK every time.