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scubed
Visionary
Silver Level
Hi everyone,
$1/2 NL live action games often seem to play out like pre-flop pot building (multiple limp/call) bingo. I'm finding it hard to put folks on ranges pre-flop when I run into these games.
In a recent session at Harrah's Vegas (and also separately a session in Riverwind in OK) I consistently saw 4-6 way multi-player limped pots on MOST hands. When the limpers were faced with anything between $6 - $12 open raise they ALL typically called; that is, rarely would limpers fold and even more rare 3-bet after an open raise pre-flop. This pattern left me quite confused about the cards opponents could be holding and therefore scrambling on the flop to put the opponents on a range. Though I tried to put the opponent on a range, most of the time I was surprised by the showdown (most pots got to showdown with 2 players).
What are ideas about how to narrow each opponents range pre-flop in these limp/call multi-pot scenarios?
Thank you in advance for your thoughts!
scubed
$1/2 NL live action games often seem to play out like pre-flop pot building (multiple limp/call) bingo. I'm finding it hard to put folks on ranges pre-flop when I run into these games.
In a recent session at Harrah's Vegas (and also separately a session in Riverwind in OK) I consistently saw 4-6 way multi-player limped pots on MOST hands. When the limpers were faced with anything between $6 - $12 open raise they ALL typically called; that is, rarely would limpers fold and even more rare 3-bet after an open raise pre-flop. This pattern left me quite confused about the cards opponents could be holding and therefore scrambling on the flop to put the opponents on a range. Though I tried to put the opponent on a range, most of the time I was surprised by the showdown (most pots got to showdown with 2 players).
What are ideas about how to narrow each opponents range pre-flop in these limp/call multi-pot scenarios?
Thank you in advance for your thoughts!
scubed