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Originally Posted by TheHip41
9 handed, i'm raising AJo+, KQo+, prob 88+, ATs+, KJs+, QJs(because i love QJs
You and Montrealcorp seem to have a logical disconnect. Raising AJo and KQo from UTG, but refusing to raise them from SB after a bunch of limpers doesn't make much sense.
The range of hands we open from UTG have to have an equity advantage over the field and be strong enough or play well enough to withstand either many callers or getting raised and reraised or both. Because of this, we choose a narrow range of hands from the top 8-12%. But even the tighter end of that range include both AJo and KQo.
From the SB after a bunch of limpers is also a spot where we'd want to raise a narrow, strong range of hands since we know that many players have already committed chips to the pot and are unlikely to fold after we raise. Our position is poor, yes, but it's unlikely that we're going to get reraised and these hands have an equity advantage against the field. Since we know AJo and KQo are good enough to open UTG, because they play well in multiway pots and can withstand being reraised, then they're good enough to raise from the SB after a bunch of limpers.
If the poor position of the SB is your main argument for refusing to raise AJo and KQo, then that doesn't make much sense either. UTG isn't that much different when it gets 3bet or 4bet behind us and both blinds fold. Most of the time we raise UTG we're going to be OOP vs. at least one opponent and when it's a large multiway pot, we're going to be OOP vs. everyone but the SB and BB. If they both fold, it's no different than being in the SB.
If you're refusing to raise hands with an equity advantage that play well multiway for whatever reason, you're missing easy value.