How do you play 22-99 pp pre flop early in tourny ?

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I tend to just call pre flop and see as to wether the board works for me . If I don't hit I tend to just give the hand up . Am I to soft on this play or should I have raised pre if there are none in front who have ?
 
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Open raise/Calling a raise is fine from any position really with these hands, but if your raise gets 3bet/it's 3 bet before betting gets to you, then probably fold most of these hands. maybe play 77/88/99 depending on position.

you're going to flop a set 1 in 11.5 times I think, and make a set by the river once in 7.5 or 8.5 , I can't remember, so if you're set mining make sure you're gettign the right odds to call. Essentially you want about 10-1 odds for Pot vs effective opponents stack to set mine with low PP.

Goodluck.
 
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Open raise/Calling a raise is fine from any position really with these hands, but if your raise gets 3bet/it's 3 bet before betting gets to you, then probably fold most of these hands. maybe play 77/88/99 depending on position.

you're going to flop a set 1 in 11.5 times I think, and make a set by the river once in 7.5 or 8.5 , I can't remember, so if you're set mining make sure you're gettign the right odds to call. Essentially you want about 10-1 odds for Pot vs effective opponents stack to set mine with low PP.

Goodluck.

Perfect explanation.
Run away of the 3bets. Make sure you have the right odds.
 
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From the early positions I would avoid opening with 22-44 by just folding them. However, I would open these from the middle and late positions as with 55-99. The idea with these hands when the blinds are low in the early stages of a tournament is to flop a set. When someone has raised before you and you're sitting in the hijack with 66, you need to look at the pot odds. If your pot odds are worse than the chance of you hitting a set on the flop, then this will not be a profitable call. The main key is to play these hands multiway- making sure you're getting the right odds to call. Hope this helps.
 
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Early on with low blinds this is worth a look for 3BB or less.
 
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From the early positions I would avoid opening with 22-44 by just folding them. However, I would open these from the middle and late positions as with 55-99. The idea with these hands when the blinds are low in the early stages of a tournament is to flop a set. When someone has raised before you and you're sitting in the hijack with 66, you need to look at the pot odds. If your pot odds are worse than the chance of you hitting a set on the flop, then this will not be a profitable call. The main key is to play these hands multiway- making sure you're getting the right odds to call. Hope this helps.

You're only semi correct. You need the correct odds yes,but Pot size vs effective opponent stack. This gives you the 10-1 you need essentialyl to call most of the time.

Essentially, if your opponent is raising for more then %10 of hsi stack, or the call you need to make is more then %10 of the effective stack in play, you're not getting the right odds to call with these hands and in the long run will cost you money.
 
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22-66 I will usually just limp in or call small raises. 77+ I'm usually coming in for a raise, possibly 3-betting if needed.
 
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I would never limp for various reasons, however I would flat call a raise in middle position to try to get the pot multiway. If in early positions I might just throw away anything less than 55. MP to LP I'm raising if it hasn't been opened and trying to set mine. LP 66-99 if we are deep I will 3-bet it will give you a better idea of where you are at preflop. Also it gives you the chance to rep an even bigger hand on a dry board with a continuation bet. If the early position raiser comes back preflop with a 4 I will throw it away unless I have notes on that person. This is really dependent on stakes because if you are playing micro where no one understands the game you can pretty much only set mine and there is no point in trying to out think someone pre flop for cbetting the flop that is only concerned with their hand and not what your range is and what you are repping.
 
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I prefer minraises to limps early. Though I often just fold baby pairs when im in early positions.
 
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I am not a fan of betting high, but varies with these hands position and primarily how many opponents into the pot. But do not take risks with such hands.
 
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i like to limp them in low blinds in early position and raise them in late position, and with limps in front- overlimp
 
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hi
limp and wait to hit the flop.fold if not
you can try to bluff sometimes you are in good position
when you hit a set bet big when there are draws
 
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if no one rose make a raise / call pre-flop, post flop to crack raise if no call / fold.
 
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There are a lot of different ways to play them depending on stack sizes, position, opponents, type of game, etc.

In general, try to see a cheap flop and hit a set. Then get paid off if you do, and let it go if you miss.
 
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Depend the position, time, stack, opponents. Sometimes fold, others limp and others 3BB. You must feeling the game.
 
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limp or call a min-raise to see a flop, hope to get a set, get the hell out of if somebody bets the flop hard and there are at least 2 over cards. I see a lot of people with low pocket pairs waste a lot of chips trying to hit a set on the turn and river.

If you are in late position and it folds to you preflop, I think you can do a raise and see what happens.
 
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Usually I would agree with the previous posts, but it also depends on the stack of the other players and how did they acted before ... anyway if you are in a good position it is nice to see the floop with low pairs.
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