Raising Ax after limper(s)

[ncskiier]

How should my raising/stealing requirements change after a limper? two limpers?

I've found myself in this situation alot lately, 35/9/1 limps ep, 29/13/2.5 limps mp, and I have A8s in CO. I've not been winning many of these. What's the line?

[James.]

i would generally raise, but limping is fine. just don't fold.

for me it's always after one limper. after two limpers i might overlimp if both blinds are pretty loose.

[slavic]

Generaly you raise Axs here to encourage players to continue too long after the flop when you flop well. These players by definition will play too long after the flop anyway, so there is no need to make the investment. Call, you should make most of your money post flop with this type of hand.

[jgca]

Yeah, right there is another big problem with playing the numbers that these guys are playing (as long as the numbers are statistically legit, or at least backed up by some hands they've shown down). They're basically informing you that they probably don't dominate A8s, and in addition player 1 is often dominated. You should have mentioned your kicker; very important to the raise. Anyway, A9s and A8s seem like a good value raise. Not a huge edge, but a true one. Plus, these guys are probably not blind to your play. You're going to be raising with a lot of hands that have a much bigger edge, and taking this smaller edge now is bound to help those other hands out.