What are your minimum requirements on the button?

#1 30th January 2008, 6:56 PM

I normally raise with K10 or better, Q 10 or better, medium suited connectors,or 44 or better. Is it good to raise with hands like 10 8 offsuit, 9 7 offsuit, 8 7 offsuit? What about King 5 suited?

#2 30th January 2008, 6:59 PM

Depends a lot on your table image, how your opponents are playing, what the action in front of you is, stack sizes, etc. There are times I'd raise with K5o from the button and there there are times I'd fold 99 on the button. There's no such thing as "these are the cards you limp with, raise with, and fold when on the button".

#3 30th January 2008, 7:08 PM

Umm, there are situations where I'd raise 83o on the button and there are situations where I'd openfold QQ on the button. The question is far too general.

#4 30th January 2008, 7:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Daniels

Depends a lot on your table image, how your opponents are playing, what the action in front of you is, stack sizes, etc. There are times I'd raise with K5o from the button and there there are times I'd fold 99 on the button. There's no such thing as "these are the cards you limp with, raise with, and fold when on the button".

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Originally Posted by Dorkus Malorkus

Umm, there are situations where I'd raise 83o on the button and there are situations where I'd openfold QQ on the button. The question is far too general.

^^^

Tourney or ring?
Satellite or standard tourney?
What stage of the tourney?
Our image?
Opponents in the blinds?
Stack sizes?
Antes?

Be more specific with your questions; poker is a game of information and unique situations, not set guidelines.

#5 30th January 2008, 8:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bentheman87

I normally raise with K10 or better, Q 10 or better, medium suited connectors,or 44 or better.

does that mean you're "normally" folding 22 and 33 on the button? or open-limping? because either one of those being your standard is weak

but beyond that these intelligent guys before me nailed it. it's way too situational to just give you a range. depends greatly on who you have to act behind you, image, stack sizes, etc.

#6 30th January 2008, 8:41 PM

Yea I know every decision depends on many factors but I mean what would you generally do if...

It's folded to you. It's middle/early in a tournament at a 9 handed table. Everyone at the table has about the same stack size. You just started playing at the table so don't know much about the other players and they don't know much about you.

#7 30th January 2008, 8:49 PM

Very generally and off the top of my head, something like any pair, Ax, KQ-K9/K8s, QJ-QT/Q9s, JT, mid/low suited connectors sometimes.

#8 30th January 2008, 11:25 PM

In a tourny, if folded too, you would probably see me raise any 2 from the button if im honest. Although that is probably not the best strategy, dm's guidelines are probably the best, but it depends on your style. I like to raise wit ha lot of hands and build pots in tournies, to then use aggression to take it down. So i would raise any 2 when folded to in button

#9 31st January 2008, 8:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Dorkus Malorkus

and there are situations where I'd openfold QQ on the button.

Uh, yeah, right.

When I don't know anything about the other players, my opening range on the button is fairly wide. Obviously any pair, most Aces and Kings, most suited connectors and one-gappers, offsuit connectors and one-gappers.

When there's two nits in the blinds, I'll raise any two.

#10 31st January 2008, 9:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris_TC

Uh, yeah, right.

1-table SNG bubble, UTG 1 chip, Button (us) 1k, SB 5k, BB 5k, blinds 100/200, UTG folds, we openfold QQ (and AA for that matter).

#11 31st January 2008, 5:46 PM

^^^^ also dm, satellite, 50 get seats, 51 left, blinds 4k, 8k. 3 shortstacks at table with <8k. We have 10k on button, open fold

#12 31st January 2008, 6:26 PM

Generally I'll open with any ace, any suited king, any offsuit king down to k9, any suited connector down to 54s, or any pair, a lot of qs, js and ts. Close to about half of my hands basically. Or I'll raise with any two cards every time if my opponent doesn't defend his blinds enough. Of course it depends on other situations at the table.

#13 31st January 2008, 6:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dorkus Malorkus

1-table SNG bubble, UTG 1 chip, Button (us) 1k, SB 5k, BB 5k, blinds 100/200, UTG folds, we openfold QQ (and AA for that matter).

haha, ingenius.

#14 1st February 2008, 4:08 AM

Actually in that spot, Chris, we should apparently be pushing AA (0.5% of our range)

#15 1st February 2008, 4:56 AM

In generic terms... I'm gonna need at least two cards. Absolute minimum. Three if we're playing pineapple.

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