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anyone play low pocket pairs here as much as i do ? i play 22 33 44 55 some times 66 77 and 88 during mtt, i'd say out off a 100 times i played these hands 75% times i win with them, but when i get close to money i start folding them and end up folding up the winning hand, im notk very good at tournament play, i mostly play sngs, any tips on what hands to play when blinds are up 1k + ?
 
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anyone play low pocket pairs here as much as i do ? i play 22 33 44 55 some times 66 77 and 88 during mtt, i'd say out off a 100 times i played these hands 75% times i win with them
75%??????? You really are a lucky guy!
 
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yeah i must be playing off luck, but i started playing low pp over 5 years ago and they been pretty good to me, got me cash on sng's mtt's are very tough to play but early in the game they get me chips
 
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have to quit the casino games most of my wins go to the casino, its not that i am dumb enough to keep trying but the casinos have giving some cash at times but not all the time
 
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have to quit the casino games most of my wins go to the casino, its not that i am dumb enough to keep trying but the casinos have giving some cash at times but not all the time

Bro casino games are controlled negative EV. They are guaranteed to lose you money....so why even play??? Low pocket pairs are my favorite hands 22-66. Powerful,insidious easy to play.
 
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when the blinds get to that level it all depends on your position, if there is only one player left against you and you can go all in, but it's not a fact of victory, usually I limp such a pair in the hope of a triple
 
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It depends on specific situation. Low pocket pairs, I think, need playing aggressive.
 
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I do not always use small pocket pairs. This largely depends on the size of my stack and other players, from proximity to the prize places.
 
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i only play partycasino games, at the time i signed up in 2006 i got free credits added to my account weekly from $5 to $398 for a year, it wasn't restricted so i was able to cash out, they also have monthly promotions witch include free card prizes that award poker tickets or casino cash, there are days that i have very bad runs so i try the casino and win.
 
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anyone play low pocket pairs here as much as i do ? i play 22 33 44 55 some times 66 77 and 88 during mtt, i'd say out off a 100 times i played these hands 75% times i win with them, but when i get close to money i start folding them and end up folding up the winning hand, im notk very good at tournament play, i mostly play sngs, any tips on what hands to play when blinds are up 1k + ?

That seems so backwards to me... They have so much strength in the late stages of tournaments and so little in earlier ones where you are deepstacked and people are looking to either play premiums or big nut flopping hands that will crush your soul.


I think they should be played for the most part aggressively and used for calling down/bluff catching players that stick to the suited broadway type hands and always try and bluff their way out. In later stages especially ITM of turbos and final tables they are almost always shoving hands preflop
 
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play more dominant hands even tho ive only won in the money a few times I tend to play dominant hands towards the end like last 5 tables or so nd then play looser towards the very end like final table
 
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Don't know if this i a good strategy, but if there's no raise and a lot of people calling the BB in preflop, i just flatcall my low pocket pairs aswell to look for hitting the set. As no one really expects you to have a set of 2s with only one 2 on the flop you get really good implied odds. What do you guys think about that strategy?
 
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All the money, house and cottage on Cer at 66 :)
 
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I think these small pairs there to play them aggressively pre-flop and post-flop you will often be easily overcome unless you hook set
 
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If I can get in with them cheap relative to my stack then I do want to see a flop. I can remember several times when I have cracked AA by flopping a set and at least one player in the hand goes spastic and shoves on the flop for no apparent reason except to push out the "draws".


My favorite is when AQ shoves on Q92 flop AA calls and I have to call with a set of......deuces or nines lol
 
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I think that with low pairs go and play if it's played with low stakes and if there are big bets or an all in then it's worth folding.
 
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Really lucky guy.... I play it only if nobody raise or if the reaise is about a maximum of 3 BB and depend of my stack. Sometimes I fold the wining hand like you when the MTT is near to the bubble or final table.
 
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Low pairs are good hands to open a raise in a tournament If you are a good player you can put your players on a range preflop and when the flop comes you make the best decision to bet or bluff or maybe fold if you know that your opponent is strong
 
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anyone play low pocket pairs here as much as i do ? i play 22 33 44 55 some times 66 77 and 88 during mtt, i'd say out off a 100 times i played these hands 75% times i win with them, but when i get close to money i start folding them and end up folding up the winning hand, im notk very good at tournament play, i mostly play sngs, any tips on what hands to play when blinds are up 1k + ?

The way I see it when blinds are that high, KQ, AK, AQ, AJ and even QJ will do because the last thing you want is to be eaten by blinds.
 
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With over 20bbs 77 and under is a standard open set mine for me. Fold if the flops bricks. Under 20 most PPs are a shove.
 
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I'll always play low pocket pairs if nobody raises too high.If I'm a low stack and desperate for a double-up I'll go all-in, hope someone with AK or something calls and just pray I win the coin-flip.
 
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anyone play low pocket pairs here as much as i do ? i play 22 33 44 55 some times 66 77 and 88 during mtt, i'd say out off a 100 times i played these hands 75% times i win with them, but when i get close to money i start folding them and end up folding up the winning hand, im notk very good at tournament play, i mostly play sngs, any tips on what hands to play when blinds are up 1k + ?
75% ????? I don `t believe !!
 
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I play low pocket pairs only when I can look at the flop cheaply :) If this situation does not happen, then obviously I fold.
 
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I didnt manage to win whit AA in such percentege are you shure thats the correct number?
 
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Small pocket pairs are good to play in the initial stages of the tournament .from late position.if it was not until we raise .to see the flop as cheaply as possible
If we were facing a small raise with 2-2.5 then you can go 55. 66.77.88
In the later stages it is better to abandon low pairs if there is no situations to go for. cheap
 
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