Is it ever okay to limp in?

[steelwheel92]

I'm fairly amateur myself but I was told to raise to protect my cards so that ppl with terrible hands don't limp in....unless you're one of those with terrible handstrying to luck out on the flop.

 

[walleye]

Yes it is ok to occasionally open limp, especially with weak players who are also limping. Against better competition this might be used extremely rarely as a scare tactic (threatening a big hand).

 

[NKGB13]

Well I limp a lot, specially when although I have a reasonable hand, I have lots of aggressive vilains. If I raise I will be re-raised, then I just limp and decide if I pay or note depending on those action.

 

[CSINSC]

I was taught to always raise when I'm first to enter a pot.

There are situations that will be beneficial for you limping.

If you are UTG then it is NOT optimal to raise with pocket 2's because there are at least 8 people still to act that may have a lot stronger hand than small pocket pairs & then you are calling a 3-bet out of position with the only hopes of flopping a set.

Another reason to limp is that if the table is hyper aggressive & if you have pocket aces then you can PUNISH their aggressiveness by check raising them big.

Another reason to limp is if the table is super super tight then U maybe might want to limp with AA utg to remain tricky & try to get some value for your aces.

 

[rickroll]

i really like limping with speculative hands with deep stacks and out of position

 

[rickroll]

also if it's a family pot i'll often limp and just see a cheap flop unless i got a monster and want to isolate

 

[Gabinho12345]

If you have a lot of aggressive players at your table it's not bad to limp strong hands and try to trap them.

 

[CSINSC]

I was taught to always raise when I'm first to enter a pot.

It is 100% ok to limp sometimes. Let's say you have 2 very very aggressive players that still have to act after you. If you limp then 1 raises & another reraises & you obviously have both dominated what better feeling is there to have.

 

[makisaa]

Depends from the cards and the combinations you have. The best is to judge your cards and decide if you are going to raise or limp or fold.

 

[Pilecas]

Limp to defend the small blind, and hope that the Flop hit your hand. Or in the Iniciatial positions even with a monster, shows weakness and you can get more chips to the pot.

Yes Limp is good.

 

[chauncey274]

I was taught to always raise when I'm first to enter a pot.

Any general poker advice that begins with "always" is probably bad advice.

Just think before you act. If you are open limping in to a pot you should be thinking how do I make money by limping here? What are the players acting after me likely to do here? Am I going to call a raise? Am I going to re-raise a raise? etc.

As long as you have a game plan that is though out before hitting the call button, I don't mind limping in sometimes. I have been at tables before where the person after me ALWAYS raises on the button if there are limpers because he gets position against someone that doesn't have a great hand. So I might limp my top hands to get a raise and a call from either the SB or BB and then 3-bet large preflop.

I'm not saying by any means that's the only way to play it, but I think as long as you have a smart plan going forward and you actually have a plan that you think in the long run makes you money, then it's ok.

 

[fletchdad]

Any general poker advice that begins with "always" is probably bad advice.

Just think before you act. If you are open limping in to a pot you should be thinking how do I make money by limping here? What are the players acting after me likely to do here? Am I going to call a raise? Am I going to re-raise a raise? etc.

As long as you have a game plan that is though out before hitting the call button, I don't mind limping in sometimes. I have been at tables before where the person after me ALWAYS raises on the button if there are limpers because he gets position against someone that doesn't have a great hand. So I might limp my top hands to get a raise and a call from either the SB or BB and then 3-bet large preflop.

I'm not saying by any means that's the only way to play it, but I think as long as you have a smart plan going forward and you actually have a plan that you think in the long run makes you money, then it's ok.

I agree with this

 

[dejan85]

most of time you should have first reaction,but sometimes is not bad to chek....

 

[bizbakol]

If you play freeroll I like to play with every hand except few weak hands. On the big tournaments the limp not play at me, maybe at the beginning.

 

[edc1]

i def think its ok to limp in with a low pp in ep-and i will fold to anything over a 3xbb raise-set mining small pairs in early pos wants to see the flop cheap-there are a few other times i would limp in-if there was a super lag yet to act and im dealt a big pair

 

[Raccoony]

Well,if you have JJ,then it's not bad to call or check,or even fold.

 

[joaonetoferreira]

In general raise is better, but there are exceptions for good limps how to make traps and play per set