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So you're saying that there are a lot of 8 way limped pots, with people not raising premium hands due to the HH bonus? People are limping AJs, JJ, and stuff like that, so they don't rock the boat?
Start here. Download
equilab. Put in what you think people are limping, so if you think it is 6 ways, show the hands that they have. To overlimp (or raise) on the button, you could put in your 5 limpers with that range. Then, try out some hands. If they'll still raise AA, take that out of their range. (whatever they raise, they don't have b/c they limped). We'll assume the BB gets <random>. Maybe the SB as well. If it goes off 7 ways, what equity is breakeven? Are there some hands you're limping that are wildly profitable?
Next, you could try the same sim as UTG. If the game is
literally never raised without QQ+, EP limping could be correct. (There are good reasons to not think about this, but let's say you do.) Now we take the villain ranges from before and put the premiums back in. Do you know why? Against these slightly better ranges, do some hands become less profitable? I'd be willing to take barely enough equity playing with the BTN. UTG, I want more.
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So my question is: going into a night where there is $200 being given out every 15 min how should I play a pocket pair?
If the game is soft enough, playing every PP could be close to correct anyway. Not a good way to learn about poker, but either OK to play or a tiny bit bad. Let's say you play 77+ in every position, already. Does playing 22-66 increase your chances of hitting the $200 that much? I doubt it. You're getting a tiny bit of extra to play a hand that you used to fold in spots. Quads and straight flushes are hard to hit.
If you understand that your loose opponents are now going to play even worse and make extra profit on that? The game could be much more profitable. Especially if they play poor holdings preflop, flop, and maybe turn and then fold when they "missed the $200". If the table plays poorly in the proper manner, becoming a good LAG could be really profitable. As the pots get huge, the rake matters less.