Re: AA and KK UTG early in tourny????
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Mix it up. Raise most of the time, but at an agressive table when people are raising a lot, sometimes slowplay it. Sure you could get screwed and lose a multi-way pot, but if you do get a raise that could be the best way to stack a guy pre-flop. And it makes people respect your limps more later.
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I'm not sure you get dealt them often enough in an STT for the image to matter much. Early on, I'm raising and reraising at every opportunity. Later on, I'll open push with >10BB, unless it's the right time to limp - eg in the SB, especially if BB is hyperaggressive, or maybe on the button if SB and/or BB are both aggressive and unobservant.
I can't think of a situation where I'd limp it UTG unless it's 3-way or HU - except maybe if there was a maniac who was going all in every hand, but this is more common early on in MTTs.
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