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Originally Posted by atenesq
Raising QTs and limping 66 is too wide out of the SB after a button straddle. DonÂ’t use what you can probably get away with at a lot of 1/2 tables as a baseline. Mistrust people who advocate for alternative approaches in first to act spots.
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It does not matter how bad the rest of the table is playing. When we are guaranteed worst position both before and after the flop, our range should be super tight and super playable. It is seriously difficult to realize equity out of position.
In a time game, perhaps, I can see an argument for perhaps having a "robust" limping range, including a "limp everything in our range with intent to reraise much of it" range. But seeing a flop in a limped pot in a high-rake game can be a catastrophe, especially if only the straddle sees the flop with you, especially in a California fixed drop game. You can, e.g., find yourself investing five additional dollars to play in a seven-dollar pot.