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Originally Posted by RagingOwl
Would you raise ATo?
A9o?
A8o?
Where's the line? And why is the line where it is?
The line is determined by how often we get called by worse hands, how good/bad our intended iso target is, how often we get called/3bet behind us, stackdepth and overall playability of our hand.
The EP limper probably tightens my range a bit here actually. However AJo is well above the line in like 90% percent of situations and probably somewhere in the middle/top of my range in this particular spot.
I'm probably raising 77+/any broadway combo/any Axs/ATo+/SC from 98s upwards here.
Without the EP limper and assuming tightish BTN/blinds i'd add some more SC's/gappers and maybe some more Axo.
We want to play hands with this guy, and we want the pot to bigger and preferably HU when we do. Limping and/or tightening up achieves the opposite of that.
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Originally Posted by RagingOwl
I'd literally rather have A5s or JTs here. You could even play Q9s, 97s, or T8s here with a raise.
I think it benefits us if we can show up with strong 1 pair hands in limped pots. And I think it hurts us to bloat the pot with a hand that's easily dominated.
This is just bad logic. You'd prefer to raise hands like T8s vs a wide limping range (which is fine imo) but you think AJo is somehow MORE easily dominated/does worse than those hands?
If Q9s, 97s, or T8s are in your raising range, then AJo should definitely be also.
And yes, strong 1 pair hands do well in limped pots. However they do exponentially better in single raised pots vs less opponents, for the simple reason that there is more $ already in the pot and less equity to dodge.
Also, +1 on Megamen70's posts.
Last edited by Viral25; 07-16-2018 at 04:07 PM.
Reason: sorry going thru posts 1 by 1.