They deserve to be cracked.


I have had my ass handed to me twice today by limpers.


Dude limped in with pocket kings – I had AQ and hit top pair with ace kicker. I would have really loved to laugh aloud at him if I had cracked his kings. That’s just asking for some ace rag to limp in and crack your high pair.

I don’t have the balls to limp in with any pair about tens. Like I’ll limp in with tens and below a bunch, but above that is just asking for trouble.

there is some very good fundamental strategy in this op, everyone should take notice.

Originally Posted by piv

there is some very good fundamental strategy in this op, everyone should take notice.

Limping is can be a strategic move.

Some people limp in with high pocket pairs because it’s part of their strategy to trap or confuse a player - very simple.

Limping AA pre flop is +EV

raising and re-raising AA PF = more +ev

Limp-reraising kills your action.

I just open raise.

Originally Posted by MJPerry

Limp-reraising kills your action.

I just open raise.

I agree completely

Wow, that never happens.

Last night I was playing in a tourney when I caught QQ. I had been playing aggressively with high pairs for a while so I just raised the BB 2x, he thought about it for a minute then he called. The flop comes AQ10, I push with my remaining chips..and he calls again. He shows a K6 to my set, what happens on the tun, a J. Most of the time limping hurts my stack but when i raise with a pocket pair, I usually have someone with any A call and catch their A. So either way its been hit and miss for me.

You gotta watch out for those all-broadway flops. That's just not a good flop for your set. When that happens, you should probably just checkabout half the time, as opposed to having a default of 'shove' or 'bet large'. And yes, that means you're going to throw the set away some times.