Limping In With Hands That Aren't Good

I like to limp in once in awhile with a hand that is obviously not good. I like to try and make a play out of it, by either bluffing, or actually getting something. I only do this if I don't get many good hands at all, but not too often. Is this okay to do as long as I know how much I can afford to lose.

Sure. Have fun. Seeing flops is fun. Limp more.

You can legitimately limp from late position with cards that have some potential to hit a flop (example - connectors, one-gappers, suited cards). However, beware of getting sucked into a big pot with a mediocre hand if you catch only a part of the flop (example - second pair, or top pair weak kicker).

If you have been card dead for more than three rounds at a 9 handed table, I think it is wise to try and steal a pot. Because you haven't entered any pots people have to give you credit for a big hand.

If your junk gets called - you should get more action from the rest of the players when you actually have good hands.

Just don't do it to often.

I was UTG yesterday in a 10c25c game on FT.

I hd 2 3 off and went to click fold but accidentally hit call. Ooops.. everyone folds to the Button who makes it 50c to go. The SB and BB call. I just thought at this point call!

Flop was 2 8 9.... Checked to the Button who bets 75c. (pot is $2) The SB and BB fold. I call and the Turn is a 3 giving me 2 pair. Checked to BB who bets $1 in a $3.50 pot. I call....
River is a blank.. I bet $3 out and he raises to $10... I think about this and call. He turns over KK...

Pocket, mofo Kings... I just typed... you should have raised more preflop and he left the table!

lol

If you are just playing for fun, sure you can limp in all day long. But if you are wanting to make money then no, limping in with bad hands is, well..... bad. If you are card dead in a tournament then making a move with not that great hands (and by move I mean raise not call) is a necessity. Limping in with crap will never give you a long term return, but It can be fun.

Originally posted by lonsdaleite

If you have been card dead for more than three rounds at a 9 handed table, I think it is wise to try and steal a pot. Because you haven't entered any pots people have to give you credit for a big hand.

If your junk gets called - you should get more action from the rest of the players when you actually have good hands.

Just don't do it to often

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totally agree with lonsdaleite on this one lots of folding gets you a image as a tight player and unless you walk into a monster hand your looking good for the steal

Limping in will makes the Baby Jesus cry
Oh wait nvm I think he may not care about not so good hands.


As you were.....

You have to play your position and your opponents!
Then it will not matter what cards you get...
It is good to mix your starting hands....

I would limp in late position, but i do believe that if you are the first to act you should bring it in for a raise... it desguises your hand if you always do that plus it puts pressure on your opponents...
Limping is fine with sub-par hands if there are a lot of people in the pot already and you have pot odds.

When playing 6 or 9 handed, consistently limping with trashy hands does not tend to be a profitable play. You just don't hit often enough for it to be profitable.

I am more likely to limp with junk in late position if the pot odds are too juicy, but I won't hesitate to throw away top pair on the flop if the texture is real scary.

If I'm playing heads-up or even three-handed, sometimes I'll limp- particularly if I know that the other players will let me see the flop for cheap.

I gotta admit though, it is fun to bust pocket aces with something like 2 8 off suit.

Big Maverick said:

I like to limp in once in awhile with a hand that is obviously not good. I like to try and make a play out of it, by either bluffing, or actually getting something. I only do this if I don't get many good hands at all, but not too often. Is this okay to do as long as I know how much I can afford to lose.

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Yes, it is, I do it all the time as long as you can afford it, why not?

Nothing wrong with a few limp plays after all every once and a while you will hit and make up some ground.

No. Don't limp. Especially with garbage. If you feel you need to play garbage, raise it up. And be in late position.

Basically, it's a terrible plan to play with crap. If you play it as if you have AA, that's another story.

i prefer to raise with my pure crap. i'll call a min-raise on the bb with pure crap too. you can't sit around waiting for AK and AA and stuff like that all day. its a great feeling to raise, hit the nuts with your 49o, and bet it out to showdown, and then get called a donkey idiot loser. my take is, i raised preflop...i hadn't played a hand in like 10 mins...you should have folded. that's my take on every hand i guess..."you should have folded" haha

As others have mentioned... real bad idea.
There's a player I've noticed who is new to the CC buyin games (coming from another forum) who seems to try to do this a bit.... they'll limp in & then even call a raise out of pos. preflop w bunk... then a small stab on the flop....check the turn... then the BIG river POT bet... which is so easily read as a very poor bluff. (the 'story' they're telling doesn't make sense)

Personally I much prefer to raise with something like 74s, 86s, 98o, etc.,.. something I might actually hit big with on a flop. This also gives me the option of leading out with a cbet on many flops (ie. representing an Ace on flop) and can get alot of better hands to fold.

Big Maverick said:

I like to limp in once in awhile with a hand that is obviously not good. I like to try and make a play out of it, by either bluffing, or actually getting something. I only do this if I don't get many good hands at all, but not too often. Is this okay to do as long as I know how much I can afford to lose.

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I used to limp in towards the end position. But I kept getting sucked into big pots with mediocre hands. Eventually I just had to tell myself before the flop what bet I would fold to so things don't get out of hand.

phil gordon little green book tells me..when first to enter a pot....RAISE mofo RAISE......

I like to Raise, Bet, Bet, Re-raise with garbage.

Depends a lot on the situation. In cash games I tend to limp a bit more than in tournaments but that again depends on what games I am playing. Forexample in PLO8, I do a lot of limping, but much less in NLHE.

In deeper stack cash games on the other hand you can play a lot of hands very profitably as long as your post-flop game is good.

There's a big difference between limping and limping behind in position. The latter can be a viable strategy, more so when the stacks are deeper. However, it's not something you should just do for no reason. It's an approach that requires making more marginal post-flop decisions, and thus puts a premium on your ability to do so.

If you are a beginner I don't recommend limping in with anything other than small to mid pocket pairs. Those have great value if you hit a set on an Ace high board cause a lot of small stakes players like to play Ace rag type hands and won't fold if they hit their Ace.

Limping with other hands will only cause you to get into a bad habit when you should be focusing on your fundamentals. It is a -EV play at small stakes. It does have it's place at higher stakes against players who can read you well, but it should only been done once ion a while to switch up your game.

Even the pros say that to win big tourneys you have to play with hands that "you're not supposed to"

Big Maverick said:

I like to limp in once in awhile with a hand that is obviously not good. I like to try and make a play out of it, by either bluffing, or actually getting something. I only do this if I don't get many good hands at all, but not too often. Is this okay to do as long as I know how much I can afford to lose.

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A lot of poker players do it ... but as an strategy for bluffing and a way to get something would make you getting used to it ....

Play to win ... okay .

You have to either play really aggressive by raising or you have to play really smart and keep folding, folding, folding