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Originally Posted by DalTXColtsFan
I'll start:
If the BB is so loose he'll call anything why *not* raise him with 22 from, for example, the HJ? He's only going to make a pair about half the time, so why not put some pressure on him?
Because the book assumes you're a beginner who should not be raising 22 from the HJ. I'd tell a beginner to raise 55 or 66+, depending on how good I thought they were postflop.
99 is a raise from utg at a ten handed table under any circumstances. Is a four way pot against three coldcallers the worst result? Probably, but that's just one outcome, which I think is still profitable for all but the worst players, out of the many different outcomes.
re: three betting the flop with an ace high wheel draw:
I've used this play and it worked. I think it should not be a standard play though. First, the bettor must have a lot of hands that we're behind which would fold for two bets, but call for one. Second, the raiser must not be weighted to two pair+, which would render our Ace outs very dirty. Third, we must not have a spewy image to begin with, because we'll be called down too often.
I've passed on this play, under what I would consider close circumstances, because I didn't have a good read on the flop raiser. Hindsight showed that in that specific case, I should've 3 bet. I've also passed on this play many other times when I felt that it wasn't warranted. Lol sample, but the times that I saved money from passing on this play far outweigh the times that it would've worked almost assuredly.
re: limping the baby pairs
Do it enough, and you'll find yourself isolated heads up out of position before too long. This is the worst possible result imo. Would you open limp J8s utg if you felt there was a >5% chance of a raise behind? Is J8s better or worse than 22 when it's four ways or less for one bet? Two bets? I'll take J8s in both spots, yet would fold both if I thought there was a >5% chance of a raise behind me.