quick preflop questions (2)

[Riku]

1) From under the gun, do you raise these hands: ATs, KQs, KQ ?
2) You have A6s on mp3. A 30vpip/10pfr UTG2 open limps, it´s folded to you. What do you do ?

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/Riku

[Xhad]

1) Yes, yes, usually
2) Totally dependent on the players behind you, all three options are reasonable but I usually don't fold

[davelin]

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1) From under the gun, do you raise these hands: ATs, KQs, KQ ?
2) You have A6s on mp3. A 30vpip/10pfr UTG2 open limps, it´s folded to you. What do you do ?

Thanks [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
/Riku

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1) Table conditions? ATs and KQs are definites, KQo more likely than not.

2) Depends on those behind me and the post-flop tendencies of the limper. Iso-raising here with A6s is fine too.

[Riku]

1) Table conditions, at 0.05/.10 limit, mostly loose passives with a few tight players.
2) If the guys behind me are loose, just call in hopes for getting it multiway ? If not, consider iso-raising ?

[Xhad]

In that case raise in #1 although limping KQo isn't a serious mistake. The times where raising can become an error are on super tough tables, or tables where people limp a lot of hands for 1 bet but tend to play correctly against a raise (not so common online, comes up in B&M's)

For #2 you limp if the players behind you are loose/passive, raise if they're weak-tight, and fold if they're very tough (and possibly if they're LAGs and you won't necessarily know how to play against them OOP).

[Spike Forehand]

#1 - I would raise with the suited ones, but limp with the KQ.

#2 - I'm probably limping unless I am pretty sure that the players behind me will not cold-call my raise without a big hand. If I can be reasonably sure they will fold, then I will raise here to buy the button and maybe get it heads up with the loose limper.

- Spike

[Gap23Razor]

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1) From under the gun, do you raise these hands: ATs, KQs, KQ ?
2) You have A6s on mp3. A 30vpip/10pfr UTG2 open limps, it´s folded to you. What do you do ?

Thanks [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
/Riku

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Question 1 - "From under the gun, do you raise these hands: ATs, KQs, KQ ?"

not in a typical 10 player small stakes game...usually i limp--only 10-20% of the time against familar opponents would i raise

but if only six handed or fewer, or a full table playing extremely tight-weak, i would raise to steal or get heads up with blinds

2) "You have A6s on mp3. A 30vpip/10pfr UTG2 open limps, it´s folded to you. What do you do ?"

limp...if raised behind i call one bet...on the flop i would need to pair the board or have a flush draw develop to stay in for a bet if there were 2 or more opponents

[unterfish]

1) From UTG: KQs yes, the two others no.
2) Call. Raising here is not a good idea b/c I think 10 pfr is quite a good thing. And: Since you dont know more about UTG2, any ace is only beat by A9+, not A6s.

Aki Kaurismäki.

[unterfish]

Wow! You really raise with ATs UTG?

[davelin]

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Wow! You really raise with ATs UTG?

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It has more pre-flop equity than KQs which you were clearly in favor of raising...