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Originally Posted by MikeStarr
We dont have to "get stacks in" to play a hand profitably. We just need the correct risk/reward.
If I limp for $5 and then make $120 in the hand and you raise to $20 and then make $400 in the hand, my risk reward is better. Im going to win more money long term with my sets than you.
(This doesnt account for more money you may win or lose by playing bigger pots by Cbetting and taking it down or not taking it down)
I'm surprised to see this coming from you, a supposed 2/5 crusher, whose posting is usually top notch with some interesting hand histories. You would actually be making less in the long run, because it's not just risk/reward. It's risk/reward/time. Unless you discovered some secret to infinite life.
If this set situation occurs every 10 hours, for example and all your other hands are EV0, you've made ~3.8BB/hr from a limped pocket pair, and ~12.6BB/hr from a raised pocket pair.
Let's take a different approach. A 100BB stack raises in CO or HJ to $20 after 2 limpers, 1/3 stakes and your table read is telling you that this is very unlikely to get 3!. Do you call with 44? You still have position, but your risk/reward ratio just went down.
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Originally Posted by Mr Spyutastic
RFI from certain positions is fine.
Raising after a bunch of limpers who are likely going to call whatever you raise it too and not fold much postflop is just not good.
If you're not a believer, why don't you try it. Every spot where there are limpers and you have 22-66, instead of limping along to see a flop, make a raise pf and play the hand out. Let me know how that works out for you.
How many limpers, how big are their stacks, what is their skill level? You do realize how rare this actually comes up, right? What sort of sample size do you expect me to come up with here? 2 hands? Come on.
Btw, I do not advocate raising 22 & 33, even OTB. But 44+ IP, I'm raising most of the time unless SB/BB is an active and decent 3! player
Last edited by setintostraight; 07-11-2018 at 12:09 PM.