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Originally Posted by mongidig
20/40 9 handed. Lots of preflop cold calling. typically at least 5 people seeing a flop. Many times is 7 or more even with a pre flop raise. I typically muck hands like small pocket pairs and small Ace suited's from UTG. Should I be playing these in a game where there will be lots of players in pre flop, there will probably be a raise pre most of the time but not a ton of 3 bets.
Would you eliminate normal raising hands from your UTG range in such a game? I see a lot of decent to good players open KJo or ATo for example. I'd think these would be bad in this game.
Assume your are only drinking a nice cold soda pop or milk.
I don’t open KJo or ATo UTG in most circumstances.
In the game you describe, I think it’s ok to open limp UTG with some hands that you would otherwise fold (small pairs, weak suited A’s, suited connectors lower than an 8). I would also limp/3bet a few hands as well because it’s just so fun (56s comes to mind). Only from UTG. If I’m UTG1 or later, I play raise or fold.
If you’re asking what hands to add to your UTG raising range based on game conditions, but are unwilling to open limp, then I would advocate for hands that play well multi-way. KJo and ATo are NOT those hands. Suited A’s and suited connectors are where I would start. But like I said, I’m ok with open limping them if the game conditions are right.
I don’t drink soda pop or milk, so this advice is operating under the assumption that I’m only drinking water.