how u guys play with low pair on tournaments

hey guys, it's my first topic in cardschat forum and i really have this doubt. what is the best move when u have a lower pair especially on intermediary fases on tournament ?
i know, there so much factores to analysis but usually how u guys deal with that

It depends on which hands you play, what a weak pair for you, the stage of the tournament, describe the situation, and it's better to show the played hand. So talk without specificity, it's water pouring.

As you have stated, there are many factors involved, such as what is the stage of the hand you are referring to, how many players are in the hand, are there raises, re-raises or all-in’s

But if this situation was during preflop, then I would definitely see a flop to try to make a set, if after the flop and my pair did not improve and if no one makes a raise, I would continue, if a raise is presented, I would fold.

Limp

If we are talking about pocket pairs this varies for me. I will probably limp in early position, if raised then stack dizes determines whether I continue. If both the raiser and I are deep I will call and setmine. As a rule of thumb I am looking for both of us to have at least 10x the amount I would have to call. If there is a raise and a reraise I am folding. If I am short stacked I am probably folding if there is a raise in front of me and shoving if there is no raise in front of me. If I am in late position and deep stacked I will apply the earlier setmining strategy if there is a raise in front of me. If there are multiple limpers I will most likely limp. If it is folded to me or there is one limper who is not utg or utg+1 I am raising. There may be some variance from these depending on the villain. I may be aggresssive with them if I am facing an opponent who raises frequently preflop with a very wide range and has shown a willingness to fold when reraised.

set mine if cheap fold to all in preflop with little pair

set mine only

i try to see a flop for as cheap as possible, if not, much the low pair

If deepstacked then try to setmine especially in position.
If shortstacked then shove if I believe is profitable, else fold.
All this in general.

Really depends on many things. Stack size, opponents on your table, position.When under 30bb facing a raise, a jam will be profitable vs most opponents.
When deepstacked i like to keep the pot as small as possible preflop, and try to keep and get as many opponents in the pot as possible, so when i do hit my set i get value. Depending on the players and action i may even just call TT-JJ pre to a single open (and calls).


I would say play them aggresive shortstacked, but don't take the worst pairs as a hand to open/jam on a short stack size. Play them more passive when deeper, and think how you can gain the most value out of a set if you happen to hit it. Don't be to sticky if you don't hit a set though, often you may have to give up straight away, especialy in multiway pots.

I always play any pocket pair unless the pot odds are worse than 1 to 8. Just limp see cheap flop for the set,I call raises everytime also with low pocket pairs. They are shovable with 20 BB or less but not multi way. Low pocket pairs are actually the best hands in Holdem. I saw my cousins PT4 and his most profitable hands were pocket pairs low 2-6 on button.

I try to play soft, see the community cards will take me to strengthen my hand or retire

call up to 7 BB or all in against newbies:rock:all inb battles I join with 3 or more

calling in late position and try to see flop if nobody make big bet behind you.

To me that is all depending on the stage of the tournament.

How you should play depends on the position and stack you have.If I am on utg or mp, and I have 20bb or 30bb, I raise with 22 33 44 55, and I hope to connect the set.
If I am in advanced positions, and the hand comes clean I pay to see the flop with low pairs.
If someone made 3bet from utg, and I have more than 25bb, I could see the flop, if you can connect the set, you could win a lot of chips.

I usually call and try to see the flop if it’s cheap to do so. If I hit the set then I bet very aggressively to prevent being out drawn and if I don’t hit the set then I fold. Unless everyone checks or it’s very cheap for me to see the next two cards

in the beginning i try to see flop if it cheap. in the end All-in (trying to steal blinds) or fold.

if the "low pair" is in the "hole", it does give you something to work with, for sure. If you decide to bet them pre-flop, then you will be in position to control the hand. But, rest assured, the moment will come when someone will 3 bet you and check you out.

Another option is to just smooth call and see what happens with the rest of the bidders behind you. If you can see the flop for a decent price, then your good to go, and you will see a fair amount of sets going this route.

Or, you could just fold them...

I often fold 22-66 in early position. I will limp mid position. I will limp late position if there are others that already have limped and raise if there is no one in the pot yet.

77-TT almost always get played from all positions. Again mostly limping early and raising from late.

With small to mid pairs I want deep stacks, both myself and opponents. 33 does not play well out of position so when I hit a set I need to have a chance at taking a big stack down.