





December 30, 2015

No Limit Holdem Tournament PokerStars
9 Players
$4.00+$0.40
Blinds 75/150 9
UTG jayrob29 2,825
UTG+1 Scooby0073 1,930
MP1 undertakerfu 3,180
MP2 DonPedro630 4,992
MP3 ricki boy666 5,867
CO Hero 3,979
D pjtsml 2,700
SB laboetteuse 4,130
BB halcon2706 3,561
9 405 Hero is CO 6 K
3 folds, DonPedro630 calls 150, ricki boy666 calls 150, Hero calls 150, 1 fold, laboetteuse calls 75, halcon2706 checks
5 930 A 3 2
laboetteuse bets 150, 1 fold, DonPedro630 raises to 300, 1 fold, Hero calls 300, laboetteuse raises to 600, DonPedro630 raises to 900, Hero calls 600, laboetteuse goes all-in 3,960, DonPedro630 folds, Hero goes all-in 2,909
2 9,599, 2 all-in 5
2 9,599, 2 all-in 6
laboetteuse shows three of a kind, Threes 3 3
Hero shows a pair of Sixes 6 K
laboetteuse wins 9,599 (net +5,469)
halcon2706 lost 170
DonPedro630 lost 1,070
ricki boy666 lost 170
Hero lost 3,979
Is there another play here?
December 30, 2015


TPE Pro
December 6, 2012

You really shouldn’t be doing much limping behind when shallow. There’s just not room for speculative plays. Either you have a hand with a lot of equity, in which case raising is generally better, or you don’t, in which case folding is generally better. It’s not a range you should be questing to widen.
December 30, 2015

Foucault said
You really shouldn’t be doing much limping behind when shallow. There’s just not room for speculative plays. Either you have a hand with a lot of equity, in which case raising is generally better, or you don’t, in which case folding is generally better. It’s not a range you should be questing to widen.
Great advice. This is one area of my game that has me spinning. I find habitual limpers cause me to make mistakes a lot. I don’t know if I should ignore them outright, open bigger or limp behind.
Has TPE ever done a video series or podcast on this?
Some insight in to my confused thinking:
– I tend to just add the limps in and open bigger. For example, where I might open 2.2BB I’ll open to 3.2BB.
– I think I default to limping behind a lot (more than I want to admit) with hands that are lower in my open-range just because I don’t want to open bigger and if I open for 2.2BB I’m guaranteed a call (and probably invite more callers).
– I guess I should take the view that iso-ing a wide-opener for under 1BB is a pretty cheap way to exploit
– I’m starting to wonder if some people who limp 50% of hands are actually playing it as an intentional style. I’ve seen enough bad players limp hands and the suddenly raise with good hands, but I’ve also run in to a few players that seem to limp their entire range and play their image in a self-aware way, only investing further in made hands and good draws. Their range is super hard to narrow down and I’ve handed over a lot of chips when I’m dominated because I feel safe betting my KQ on a Qxx board when V has limped AK (3 times last night, once going bust with K9 turned TJxQ).
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