[Big Dave D]

This can be a very successful strategy for MTTs, simply because the standard of play is so poor. This is especially the case in freezeouts. It's not uncommon for over half the field to be knocked out in the first hour and limping into a lot of these pots cheaply let's you take advantage of this madness. You don't need to escalate the pot preflop simply because these guys will stack in the tiniest pots anyway. A little positional raising does help and once the blinds get big enough. then it turns more into a standard donkament.

As to whether this kind of style would work in a cash game...well it depends. nearly any kind of preflop style can be made to work depending on how you adjust through the rest of the streets. There is a strong undercurrent of playing a ram-jam style on this forum, and like all forums, you end up attracting sympathisers and not detractors. This doesn't mean that this is the only way to play or even the best way to play.

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bdd