Small pairs in tournaments

[MoeJurphy]

Are you suggesting we limp? Or simply don't play them?

Aren't we turning our hand face-up if we limp?

Yes small pocket pairs we limp in and try to see the flop cheap fi we dont make a set we fold.

Surely you don't want to carry on in a hand with a small pair and 3 overs on the flop?

 

[TimovieMan]

I'd limp them in a live game, yes. Online, I'm open-raising or I'm folding. No limping. That would scream "small pair / suited connector" and would make my life harder postflop.
My aggro style has a lot of fold equity. There are plenty of overcard flops that I c-bet and take down.

 

[MoeJurphy]

I'd limp them in a live game, yes. Online, I'm open-raising or I'm folding. No limping. That would scream "small pair / suited connector" and would make my life harder postflop.
My aggro style has a lot of fold equity. There are plenty of overcard flops that I c-bet and take down.

So if you had 22 and the flop came 9JK you would open raise with your 22?

 

[kbuinowski]

pairs

I prefer to limp them from any position but only with both my and opponent's deep stacks. And often shove if stacks are small and there is something in the bank already.

Me I play tight. if all possible. I hate it when people that are deep stack and you have a small stack. They just keep pushing all in and I have caught them with a like a 6,4 off suit and here you are with a A,10. and they hit what really makes me mad. I don't thing half of these people would play like they do in a free roll compare to them buying in like three hundred some dollars.

 

[MoeJurphy]

Me I play tight. if all possible. I hate it when people that are deep stack and you have a small stack. They just keep pushing all in and I have caught them with a like a 6,4 off suit and here you are with a A,10. and they hit what really makes me mad. I don't thing half of these people would play like they do in a free roll compare to them buying in like three hundred some dollars.

That's optimal play big stack against small stack, there is still equity shoving behind into a small stack. It sucks when you have a short stack but shoving with the best hand is all you can do.

 

[edc1]

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[TimovieMan]

So if you had 22 and the flop came 9JK you would open raise with your 22?

Not 9JK or any of those other 3x 9/T/J/Q/K/A superwet flops, but flops like 47A or 58K or 379? Yup.
Remember, I raised preflop. A single A or K hits my range hard. If I don't get raised, I might even barrel two on a low flop (without face cards). All overcards will fold.

 

[Onkorunkus]

^this. Just because there are overcards doesn't mean your opponent hit them and you have to shut down and check/fold.

 

[Lexxx]

It depends on your stack, position, opponents and phase of tournament.

 

[dejan85]

I also like to limp small pair,and if is many player i hand if I hit a set,players could never know,is good when happens like that.....

 

[acidburnfx]

Always depends of the position on table and the level of the game.

 

[KidCarter93]

A lot of the time, I straight up fold small pairs as they can so easily be outdrawn. Dependant on position and how many players are left to act, I'll generally limp and try to catch a set.
The only time I really find myself raising up the small pocket pairs is if there's a really short stack behind with not many players left to act.

 

[ResAtDorsia]

I fold them in early positions and make standard opens in middle or late position. Always hoping to flop a set of course

 

[Fenix7]

The game with Small pairs is a Speculative game. Because I rely on the concept of implied odds, that is, I'm assuming that I will pay if I connect my set. Therefore it is necessary play it in a multi-way pot where it increases the probability that someone pay me.

 

[Fenix7]

No set, no bet.
If there is not Set, I do not bet.
Small pairs are a speculative move, they are not a move to value bet. At this point, we have that to have discipline. If we have to get out of hand, we're off.

 

[braingueu]

depending on the position , until 3bb

 

[rafa_camarg0]

In my opnion, try to see flop if blind not greater than ten percent of its stack, and your position be close to the big blind....
this way you can dodge his opponents.....

 

[joe777]

Good opportunity for set mining but observe your stack.

 

[blackplanet]

I'll call a reraise with 10's and up but will fold pretty much all my pairs under 10's to a preflop raiser or aggressive player. I think I play a little diffrent in tournaments.

 

[kingkesh93]

Early position and early in the tournament is a no no, just not worth the risk.
If I dont hit on the flop, I'm out. However, if the opponents show weakness, I'll try and take the pot

 

[ovidiu9b]

i like to play them(exept for all in)...it gives me the posibility of a hidden tree of a kind

 

[trezvennick]

in early position fold or call-in the middle usually call or open raise 2 BB and in late position if not many calls also raise 2 BB-if somebody open raise 2-3BB usually calls

 

[Stone Cold Tom]

It depends on so many things like chip stack, position on the table, faze of the tournament, opponents behavior etc. But general rule is to limp a small pair so you can see the flop.

 

[shody]

Limp and call an 2-3 bet,fold if someone make a big raise.

 

[VovanBaron]

Very interesting info...that from 1000 hands we have 40 little pairs from 9s to 2s and 20% from these hands prove to set!!!!