[whynot?]

ok - so showing my donkey side

why is limping aa, kk qq etc as first (or second) in such a "donkish" play?

I often do that esp when everyone's M is high from ep for the particular reason that if you three times it very often you dont get callers.

if limped around i play for set value, play the flop and see resistance etc

if raised i either raise or call based on play ahead, how many callers etc

i will say the play is geting old in that limp from ep people are suspiscious of now, so been varying it but still get a lot of play when i do that

so reiterating, why is limping big pairs in ep "donkish" if discussed at length please point to a link