Limping in before the flop?

[pokermatch]

Chris is trying to show you how important it is to play premium hands.
Limping in is something only professionals should do... To make you
understand this i have the following explanation: If you limp in with hands,
you are basically calling the blinds with a hand that isnt even worth calling
such a small bet with, value wise, so statistically you will lose in the long
run. If your not a professional player, you probably wont be able to do
the reading and the professional plays which can change this statisticas
and make it run in your favor. The way pros do this is by knowing the
right raising amount, knowing the right bluff moments, if catching something
how to extract the most money from the pot etc, plus limping in makes you
very unpredictable. So Chris is actually doing all you guys a big favor
but most people wont lisen to him so whats the point in the end.

 

[dropdead1]

It isn't that it is wrong to never limp in, but most people limp in with a lot of hand that shouldn't be touched.

There is the old motto, "If it's good enough to call, it's good enough to raise." Just think about that for a while, or google it, there have been a lot of discussions on it.

I love that old motto and usually tell myself that I wont call/raise any hand that I am not prepared to accept a raise or reraise with...but you have put it into proper words for me, thanx

 

[UFCcantstopme]

No

At the higher money tables, less limpers will go in the pot and low money, more limpers will go to see the flop. Also, in tournaments, when you start out with 3,000 chips and the blinds are only 10/20 chips, it is begging for you to limp in, because if someone reraises you only lose 20 chips. I limp in when the blinds are low to see a lot of flops, but later deep in the tournament, blinds become big and I will rarely limp in. It depends on the money or chip stack, if people will limp in or not.