STTF SNG->cash thread

[Jbrochu]

Scuba - check the posts in BBV. I think there is a summary one now with links to the original stuff.

Quick question: I just started playing some 6-handed NL cash. Do you guys always come in for a raise if you're opening the pot?

When I play full ring I'll open limp small and medium pockets and sometimes my big hands, but it seems like in 6 max that might not be a good idea.

[Josem]

yes - never open limp in 6max

[DevinLake]

The problem with open limping in 6max is your are going to get raised a lot more by hands that will fold to your raise.

The lower the limit, the less this is going to happen and open limping probably isn't bad.

[microbet]

Jbrochu,

I usually don't open limp, but there are exceptions.

I noticed that I made money with small pocket pairs out of the blinds, but lost money with them under the gun. So I figure open limping under the gun puts me pretty much in the same spot I would have been in the blinds so I'm playing around with that, but not every time. Perhaps this should never be done against a table full of decent regulars or perhaps some other hands should be mixed into that range occasionally.

If I think the table is giving UTG raises a lot of respect I'll just raise as it will either fold around a lot or I'll pick it up with the cbet.

Also every once and a while you get a very crazy player acting after you. It's very important to get a good read on the crazy players and to develop a specific strategy against them. Sometimes that could include open limping.

[DevinLake]

microbet,

A hand doesn't need to be profitable from a certain position to make it playable.

[cakewalk]

i'm pretty sure raising 22-55 maybe even 66 UTG in today's games isn't as profitable as one might initially think

[DevinLake]

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i'm pretty sure raising 22-55 maybe even 66 UTG in today's games isn't as profitable as one might initially think

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But is not raising them profitable? Ie, if you really start narrowing down ur raising standards, you become very easy to play against. Which can't be that profitable in today's games?

[wiggs73]

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microbet,

A hand doesn't need to be profitable from a certain position to make it playable.

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Shania ftw.

[blackize]

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But is not raising them profitable? Ie, if you really start narrowing down ur raising standards, you become very easy to play against. Which can't be that profitable in today's games?

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Not raising 22-66 lowers your UTG range by 2.3% which I doubt few if any will notice.

[DevinLake]

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But is not raising them profitable? Ie, if you really start narrowing down ur raising standards, you become very easy to play against. Which can't be that profitable in today's games?

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Not raising 22-66 lowers your UTG range by 2.3% which I doubt few if any will notice.

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But, if ur not raising those, ur not raising SCs, med. to weak suited As, offsuite As. So, it reduces an already every tight UTG range by 2.3%. Which is, in fact, a decent percent of your range.