Limping AA - from the 2+2 table

[HouseCalls]

There was a pretty spiritted debate on limp re-raising at the 2+2 table. I think this hand started it all (although for the recoed I didn't LRR)

Poker Stars
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $0.02/$0.04
9 players
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Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP3 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
4 folds, Hero calls, 3 folds, 3 folds, <font color="#cc0000">BB raises</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2.5SB, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">BB bets</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#cc0000">BB 3-bets</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero caps</font>, BB calls.

Turn: 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (5.25BB, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">BB bets</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises</font>, BB calls.

River: T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (9.25BB, 2 players)
BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero bets</font>, BB calls.

Results:
Final pot: 11.25BB


Here was my thinking...

As usual this was a tight table. It was folded to me in MP3; I was worried I'd get no callers at all (which actually happened when I got AA a second time later in the game)

When it came back to me I had one caller who I knew was a super aggressive player who was likely to bet into me almost indefinately if he had the lead going into the flop.

[Buzz-cp]

if you have 2p2ers behind you, then your opening range from MP is going to be wider than usual. You may just get 3-bet, in which case, if it is HU, I might just call the 3b.

[bravos1]

sick value bet on the river.. wonder how often you are good there?

[Paxosmotic]

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sick value bet on the river.. wonder how often you are good there?

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He's going to say "a lot" because the villain is me and we've played like 7 hands against each other so he knows me like a brother. The correct answer is "just enough to make this profitable." It's razor thin, but it's a good bet, especially on that card.

[kerowo]

Meh. This is a situation that you will rarely run into in regular play. The standard answer is if the table is so tight they are folding to your raises raise more don't limp monsters. At a 2+2 table the open limp should have set off some alarms.

[Paxosmotic]

What do you do if BB check/raises the river?

[kerowo]

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What do you do if BB check/raises the river?

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Throw up in my mouth a little bit and call.

[bravos1]

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Meh. This is a situation that you will rarely run into in regular play. The standard answer is if the table is so tight they are folding to your raises raise more don't limp monsters. At a 2+2 table the open limp should have set off some alarms.

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yep

[HouseCalls]

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What do you do if BB check/raises the river?

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Throw up in my mouth a little bit and call.

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Also a yep

[Ampelmann]

So, why didn't you 3-bet preflop when given the opportunity? Because you would get less action postflop?