Useful Limping Range

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I think having a limping range could be useful in a tournament setting. It could be useful for entering pots cheap with speculative hands that play well multiway (suited connectors/gappers particularly), or disguising the strength of powerhouse hands like AA/KK and building a big pot early. Plus you could use it to set up a limp/3bet scenario to end hands early with big hands, and then semibluff smaller hands. For the latter I'm thinking something like:

-limp in from EP with like 97s or w/e
-3bet a raiser
-Get called by AA/KK/AK
-x/r low flop
-AA folds to what has to be a set
-Profit.

It's risky, but in some situations you could potentially take down a massive pot vs a massive hand with complete air.
 
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I think having a limping range could be useful in a tournament setting. It could be useful for entering pots cheap with speculative hands that play well multiway (suited connectors/gappers particularly), or disguising the strength of powerhouse hands like AA/KK and building a big pot early. Plus you could use it to set up a limp/3bet scenario to end hands early with big hands, and then semibluff smaller hands. For the latter I'm thinking something like:

-limp in from EP with like 97s or w/e
-3bet a raiser
-Get called by AA/KK/AK
-x/r low flop
-AA folds to what has to be a set
-Profit.

It's risky, but in some situations you could potentially take down a massive pot vs a massive hand with complete air.

Not too bad of a strategy in my opinion. The main problem i've seen with limping is showing the other player that you are hoping to play a hand for a small pot unless you connect then you would most likely come out betting and scare me off quickly or i might already see why you limped and have you beat still....

RAISE OR FOLD IS MY PRE FLOP STRATEGY 99% of the time because just raising ur bets by your position pre flop really is the most important part to conceal your own hole cards and exploit weaknesses in other such as those weak limpers... :)
 
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Imho early in big mtts limping is a good idea for a couple of reasons, first there are a lot of fish who wont fold even if you raise pre and second there are a lot of fish who wont fold when you DO hit and raise. I find that speculation early in large mtts can be very profitable so long as I have good fold discipline.
 
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Limping with smaller suited connectors only lets K-rag suited, Q-rag suited in also. This can be a cooler for you sometimes. Your flush may lose to a bigger flush.

As for limping with big pairs, this can backfire also, if no one raises. Then you play a 5 way + pot, and your aces get cracked.

However, everyone is doing this now. They limp with A-A or K-K, and hope someone raises so they can repop it.

Limping is good with small PPs, and that's about all in my opinion.

I don't limp too often. However, perhaps there is something to this. I will see what others have to say.

Just my very humble opinion, and nothing more.
 
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Free flops for Big Blinds and taunting to get raised by limping seems too weak. The difference in action you recieve from limping vs raising AA is so minimal no real edge exists any you risk taking AA to multiway pots giving up tons of value and coolering yourself hard
 
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I thought I'd posted this in another thread? :confused:
 
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Is this what your talking about?

party poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

BB ($759.15)
Hero ($1751.95)
MP ($599.60)
CO ($2648)
Button ($1149.85)
SB ($841.90)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with J, J. SB posts a blind of $3.
Hero calls $6, 1 fold, CO raises to $20, 3 folds, Hero raises to $60, CO calls $40.

Flop: ($129) J, 5, T (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $70, Hero raises to $140, CO calls $70.

Turn: ($409) K (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $250, Hero raises to $500, CO calls $250.

River: ($1409) K (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $686.35, Hero calls $1051.95 (All-In), CO calls $365.60.

Final Pot: $3512.90

Hero has Jd Jc (full house, jacks full of kings).
CO has As Kd (three of a kind, kings).
Outcome: Hero wins $3512.90.


http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpost.php?p=261&postcount=1
 
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Is this what your talking about?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

BB ($759.15)
Hero ($1751.95)
MP ($599.60)
CO ($2648)
Button ($1149.85)
SB ($841.90)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with J, J. SB posts a blind of $3.
Hero calls $6, 1 fold, CO raises to $20, 3 folds, Hero raises to $60, CO calls $40.

Flop: ($129) J, 5, T (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $70, Hero raises to $140, CO calls $70.

Turn: ($409) K (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $250, Hero raises to $500, CO calls $250.

River: ($1409) K (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $686.35, Hero calls $1051.95 (All-In), CO calls $365.60.

Final Pot: $3512.90

Hero has Jd Jc (full house, jacks full of kings).
CO has As Kd (three of a kind, kings).
Outcome: Hero wins $3512.90.


http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpost.php?p=261&postcount=1

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I thought it was played well.

I think the only problem is not limp minraising pre.
 
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I think having a limping range could be useful in a tournament setting.

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It could be useful for entering pots cheap with speculative hands that play well multiway (suited connectors/gappers particularly), or disguising the strength of powerhouse hands like AA/KK and building a big pot early.

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Plus you could use it to set up a limp/3bet scenario to end hands early with big hands

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and then semibluff smaller hands.

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For the latter I'm thinking something like:

-limp in from EP with like 97s or w/e
-3bet a raiser
-Get called by AA/KK/AK
-x/r low flop
-AA folds to what has to be a set

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It's risky, but in some situations you could potentially take down a massive pot vs a massive hand with complete air.

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^I have absolutely no clue what is going on with those pics.
 
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