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Originally Posted by 2pairsof2s
You will trap yourself just about as often as you trap the other guy when you make this play, and the pots you lose are going to be much larger than the pots you win. And by larger, I mean when you win you will usually pick up the opening round of bets but little more, and when you lose it will be for stacks. This play is usually a fail.
I dont disagree. I do think in the long run it is less positive equity to limp, and you are more likely to lose a big pot than win one. I am just saying that depending on circumstances (and primarily that is the caliber of players) it might be the right move. I think if you are sufficiently small stacked it can be right. i.e. blinds are 100-200, and you have 2000 (10 BB), you limp, and get a raiser to 600 in mid position, you move all in, and now raiser has 1400 to call and get almost 2 to 1. you have not given away a monster because you might have limped with something like aj, aq, nines, etc, and instead of calling 400 more, you move all in (at least villian might be thinking that). so, now his AJ, or 8s, or whatever he has, might very well look you up. so, my point is that the shorter stacked you, the more "correct" it can be to limp. I just know that I have been in conversations where supposed experts seem to say that is virtually NEVER correct to limp with aces. In my playing time, I have probably done it 10% of the time. who knows if it would have benefitted me to play otherwise.