Stars $22: 88utg 5 handed and ~20BB's

xGREGORx · #1 11-22-2007, 02:52 AM

How do you play 88 here UTG with ~20BB's. Open-raising 3x and getting called in LP will suck as I will feel compelled to cbet alot of flops and if I get called, I'll have to shut down and give up the pot... suddenly down to 13BB's or so. Limping seems so weak though and open folding even worse? Simple preflop strategy check-up please!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (5 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

MP (t1430)
Button (t5800)
SB (t2780)
BB (t2310)
Hero (t1180)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Scotty_12 · #2 11-22-2007, 02:57 AM

Limping and going to 120ish are both options, the tighter the table and the tighter my image, the more I lean towards a raise

DevinLake · #3 11-22-2007, 05:20 AM

I'm with scotty, although I lean much more towards raising. But, I'm a cash game player now.

RexWoo · #4 11-22-2007, 05:44 AM

You can make it 150 5 handed here, me think.