NoWuckingFurries
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Silver Level
Let's suppose that I have a marginal hand and I am on the button, should I ever be limping? There are two different situations that I encounter quite often in 9 player SNGs.
1. Somebody has limped before me. In this situation I will bet quite a wide range of hands, such as low pocket pairs, if the blinds are big enough to be worth contesting. Should I actually be raising (or folding) instead?
2. Everybody else has folded. Here I am not playing such a wide range but I will generally raise my standard raise of 2.5bb, however I see quite a few people open limping on the button. Should I open limp on the button?
Collin Moshmann and Jason Somerville both keep making the point that nobody folds to a call but they might possibly fold to a raise. I do sometimes limp if I have a good hand on the button and know that SB or BB are very aggressive, but that's not really relevant to this question.
1. Somebody has limped before me. In this situation I will bet quite a wide range of hands, such as low pocket pairs, if the blinds are big enough to be worth contesting. Should I actually be raising (or folding) instead?
2. Everybody else has folded. Here I am not playing such a wide range but I will generally raise my standard raise of 2.5bb, however I see quite a few people open limping on the button. Should I open limp on the button?
Collin Moshmann and Jason Somerville both keep making the point that nobody folds to a call but they might possibly fold to a raise. I do sometimes limp if I have a good hand on the button and know that SB or BB are very aggressive, but that's not really relevant to this question.