When to employ limp strategy ?

I am using it a lot with suited cards and on aggressive table..anywhere else where i can use it ?

I using with KK and AA sometimes and low pairs

RicardoTolfo said:

I using with KK and AA sometimes and low pairs

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I’ve done this AA and KK. We’ve all done this with AA and KK.

Don’t do this with AA and KK.

Just bet hard with them from the jump and be happy with a few blinds. Playing them quietly to stack someone sounds good and all, but it is much more likely to end your stack than someone else’s.

Would you rather win a small pot or be praying that your AA hasn’t been beaten by the big blind holding nonsense on a Q83 flop?

You can limp AA and KK sometimes if you have the capacity to abort the hand if given indications that you are beat.

MountHollyDK said:

I’ve done this AA and KK. We’ve all done this with AA and KK.

Don’t do this with AA and KK.

Just bet hard with them from the jump and be happy with a few blinds. Playing them quietly to stack someone sounds good and all, but it is much more likely to end your stack than someone else’s.

Would you rather win a small pot or be praying that your AA hasn’t been beaten by the big blind holding nonsense on a Q83 flop?

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BriceNice said:

You can limp AA and KK sometimes if you have the capacity to abort the hand if given indications that you are beat.

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I get that but it can be awfully expensive to find out those indications. In my example with a Q83 flop, if there were no raises preflop, you could be faced with hundreds of potential options ranging from “I feel good about this” to “oh my god, 2 people have 2 pair now”.

If you’ve raised preflop and someone plays back at you postflop at least you can safely assume you’re against Qx, a flopped set, or a bluff.

I limp more often than i do anything else because amy 2 cards can beat any 2 cards. So limping keeps me grounded and most of the time i get lucky and get out of a hand where i would have other wise been pot committed. Also keeps me from over valuing a hand that in my mind is strong but in reality is just ok. As you can see everyone has there on way so i don't know which way works best but i hope it works for me as much as it works for you whenever or how often you do it.

Dont open limp!!!

It is almost always wrong to do so!

Main Exception: Blind vs blind (known as completing).

Side exception: Late position with resteal stacks behind.

I would not open limp, I'd rather fold...occasionally I'll call a limped pot if in late position and can't handle a re-raise.

Hello.
I adhere to more conservative views. I always wait for good cards.
And only then I try to use the situation in my favor. That is my strategy.

with strong and weak cards you need to vary so that your move is not predictable

Everywhere and wherever I wish!

In the initial stage probably Teams

I don't recommend limping unless you are playing on a table full of tight conservative and passive players and with the intention to trap them or to steal them after flop still limping is not good because they can over draw you and you will find yourself in a tough situation if your opponents get decent flops or get better connections with the flop hands to limp from late position should be 10-J 10-Q 10-K or AJoff and all low pairs from deuces to 66

GL

To use the Limp and Raise strategy, you must have a knowledge of your position at the tables plus a good card at hand. If you have an AK on the button, you can easily re-raise 3 bets when it's your turn, even more if 3 players are entering the pot in that amount of players to give a better reading of the game , and in that case you can force them into the pot, and still try the bluff.
However, if you are in the Big Blind holding an AK, you can also get 5 bets before the flop and when the flop cards come out you can use the blefer, keeping the raise and still going all in.
It all depends on your courage and luck.

Limping in NLHE...

If you know your opponent will raise or shove on you and you want that action.

Some players always limp in the SB when it folds around to them - no matter what they have - as a matter of policy.

Folds around to you on the button and you want to play a certain hand IP but don't want to get 4-bet from the blinds.

Super short stack - less than 10 BB - limp with premium hands to get action.

Limp possibly if you are super bigstack and just want to be active in every pot.

Other than these not a great idea...

Good luck !

ankitgupta45 said:

I am using it a lot with suited cards and on aggressive table..anywhere else where i can use it ?

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only early in the game when blinds are low try to flop those NUTS!!!and there was no raise preflop! but you have to have disipline to fold second or 3rd pair only if you have the nuts or drawing to them!! good luck!

usually when the table is getting short-handed the players will begin to level a lot more and limping strategy can be well fit in some situations. for exemple some spot where you want to raise but you dont wanna to call a 3bet pot and there is a super agressor player in your left

MountHollyDK said:

I’ve done this AA and KK. We’ve all done this with AA and KK.

Don’t do this with AA and KK.

Just bet hard with them from the jump and be happy with a few blinds. Playing them quietly to stack someone sounds good and all, but it is much more likely to end your stack than someone else’s.

Would you rather win a small pot or be praying that your AA hasn’t been beaten by the big blind holding nonsense on a Q83 flop?

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Well said. Limping with hands like AA and KK is just burning money.

I rarely open limp. If you open limp AA & KK you are basically giving the big blind a free look at the flop. You also allow other plays to limp behind you for cheap with speculative hands.

If you play tight you can remove open limping as a strategy and just raise your strong range of hands mixed with some weaker pocket pairs & suited connectors to balance out your range.

williamsc99 said:

with strong and weak cards you need to vary so that your move is not predictable

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I totally agree. I understand that ppl want to make rules and recommendations, but if you always follow a certain rule of thumb then ppl can track your play. I like when ppl make recs without saying it is for every situation.

hellomynameiswhat said:

I totally agree. I understand that ppl want to make rules and recommendations, but if you always follow a certain rule of thumb then ppl can track your play. I like when ppl make recs without saying it is for every situation.

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It’s like this ... you can’t win at football without blocking and tackling well, but if all you do is block and tackle well you’ll get beat by elite teams.

In poker you must know the basics first. You need to know how to “block and tackle”. In this scenario it’s the basic (and usually correct) play to bet hard from the jump with AA or KK. Only after years of playing will you know when it’s correct to divert from the basics and get wacky. If someone is posting for advice on this forum about limping than chances are very high that they have not reached that level and should just stick to the basics.

As for tracking play ... come on. It’s all well and good to establish a good table image but between seat changes, hour long trips to the casino, and onliners coming and going how often are you really playing against the same people (not counting friends in a home game) where you really have to worry about changing things up to avoid building a scouting report on yourself?

I hope the people I play against online have a good scouting report on me because it would likely say, “this guy is highly likely to have a better hand than you if you really want to test him.”

See the articles and tutorials of pokerstrategy and intelipoker, they explain how to play with certain hands in certain positions of the table.

To enter the pot by calling rather than raising depending of my position. The under the gun position is one that is most likely to open limp to see how the rest of the table will be playing their hands.

limping is not good strategy for AA KK