Depends on the table and the style of players, also depends on your image. UTG is the new button lol!!!
If you are in a 9-max tournament never raise UTG because someone else probably will for you.
I only raise if five or less are after me.
Also since UTG is the furthest away clockwise from SB and BB, you have the least effect in terms of pressuring BB or SB to pay you off as if they notice quite a few have folded, they may loosen up their starting range.
Do me a favor and disregard this -EV advice please. It's not profitable to limp UTG, or have an open limping range period.....ever! End of discussion.
What are recommended raise or call hands when in UTG position?
Do me a favor and disregard this -EV advice please. It's not profitable to limp UTG, or have an open limping range period.....ever! End of discussion.
So if table play is loose call with 44?
Not sure about this. To say ever (never) feels very weird in poker. So many different ways to play every different hand, and then so many variables that come into play as well. I had some huge pot limping monsters in early position late in a tourney versus aggressive players. Granted there are times where I have limped AA and had 5 limpers come along for the ride and then muck Aces on the flop.
Do me a favor and disregard this -EV advice please. It's not profitable to limp UTG, or have an open limping range period.....ever! End of discussion.
I don't believe Rational Madman was telling him to limp UTG, I think he was telling OP not to play UTG.
OP I would only raise QQ+ AK AQs until you get used to playing then when you feel you are ready start to loosen it up a little. If you play 6max you could play a bit wider than what I have stated.
I pretty much go by the 'fold as others kill each other off' mentality if everyone's stacks are fairly equal. I don't wanna risk being coolered and just go with the flow. Once there's significant inequality and I am beginning to be on the lower end of it, I then begin to loosen up and would play a 44 UTG. If it's a 9-max table, chances are one of the 8 after me is raising preflop (In MTTs I have basically never seen such a tight table that this wouldn't occur, in single table SnG, with 44 why would you raise just to get trapped by a super reraise?).I don't believe Rational Madman was telling him to limp UTG, I think he was telling OP not to play UTG.
OP I would only raise QQ+ AK AQs until you get used to playing then when you feel you are ready start to loosen it up a little. If you play 6max you could play a bit wider than what I have stated.
Hmmm...well that's not what it says. He clearly says not the raise UTG because someone will do it for you. That said, never playing from UTG is -EV too, so....