A question re openlimping small pockets

[FeltBelt]

I hate to openlimp as a general rule, but I have found that lately when I raise with a small to medium PP, the games have become so aggressive that I am often blown off these hands by a large RR.

Now I have begun to 50/50 limp/raise my small-ish PPs (with the occassional RR). They are the kinds of hands I definitely want to play for one 3-4BB raise, but not a 8-10BB RR, and I am finding limping with them about half the time is letting me see a lot more flops for one raise, hit my sets, and cash in.

Any thoughts on this?

[Claunchy]

Are you just limping and then c/f if you don't hit a set? Because that is a terrible losing play.

In tougher games I'll fold 22-66 in EP sometimes, but limp/calling is oh-so-bad.

[FeltBelt]

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Are you just limping and then c/f if you don't hit a set? Because that is a terrible losing play.



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Of course not. I play them as the board and opponent dictates.

I'd like to know why you think, without any further explanation, why limp-calling is so bad.

[Casper05]

theres a long thread on this from like yesterday.

[FeltBelt]

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theres a long thread on this from like yesterday.

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No that thread, if I recall, address limping in general. That is not what I am referring to, and not what my question is about.

[carnivalhobo]

limping with just small pairs sucks for balancing reasons, any decent player is going to catch on pretty quickly if your range is that small, to fix this youd have to limp some sc's suited aces and even big pairs and aces sometimes so you could LRR.