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Old 11-17-2007, 12:00 PM
cky7048 cky7048 is offline
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Default Playing the button

Does anyone take the approach of either raising or folding when on the button on a limped pot as opposed to just calling? I'm aware that every instance is situational, but I've heard of that as being a rule of thumb. That applies to tournament play - is there a different approach in a ring game?
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Old 11-17-2007, 06:47 PM
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Default Re: Playing the button

As always , there are exceptions to every rule . The general consensus is that you should raise when you're first to act which is often right . Of course , there are situations where it may be correct to limp otb ; if your intention is to re-raise the raiser . For instance , if you're playing against players who frequently punish limpers with a wide range of hands , then it may be more profitable to limp re-raise .This is certainly true against players who would have folded to your button raise a large percentage of the time anyway .

So limping may be fine if :

a) You're playing against players who suffer from the limp-raise syndrome behind you .

b) To create what will certainly be a multi-way pot with speculative hands .
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Old 11-17-2007, 08:15 PM
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Default Re: Playing the button

I think this might be something that should be dependent on where your playing, and your style of play.
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