Pocket pairs

[Hattifnatt]

In a 6-handed 2/4 - 5/10 game. Do you "always" play (call or reraise) all PPs from all positions for a single raise (standard raise about 3-6bb or possibly more with limpers) if effective stacks are 100bb+?

If not, can you give an example or two of when you dump the small ones.

[Overfloater]

I muck JJ. cant stand dem hooks

[jkkkk]

solid tag opens UTG/HJ for 4x, I'm folding low pp's f/ SB unless BB is a calling station.

[Rotterdaum]

good example. i'd expand it, and I think it's more applicable to, a good LAG raising any position and you have a PP smaller than like 77 in SB ... not a great spot

[feesjah]

play them all ? :$

[stigmata]

If villain is very good, and your heads-up OOP, then they are probably marginally unprofitable.

But I still call [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[zio_slim]

always reraise ducks ftw

[illuminati]

I think pairs <77 are great raising/reraising hands from the blinds as they play so easily (usually) post flop and mask the times you have a big hand. Sets in unraised pots have the ghey.

I'd muck 22-66 from an UTG raiser who plays well post flop usually, but in reality I rarely do.

[Hattifnatt]

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I think pairs <77 are great raising/reraising hands from the blinds as they play so easily (usually) post flop and mask the times you have a big hand. Sets in unraised pots have the ghey.

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Single raised pot <> Unraised pot, we are not talking about limping obv.

I am actually of the direct opposite opinion, that low pairs are not good hands to 3-bet with from the blinds in general and are much more inclined doing it with hands like AT, KQ and such if someone opens from CO or button.

[ogdundar]

I think this should be the theme of an essay, this topic is definitely not discussed enough. There is so much more to playing these pairs besides set odds, which often is very overrated.

I am not good enough to write it, but someone else should really do it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Maybe next months internet magasize?