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Originally Posted by Nuca-Cola
So... I remove KJ, A9+ in LP from my range. What about limping pp and sc early? When I say early, I mean only the first two levels.
I would never limp a SC in EP under any circumstance. PP might be ok (more in NTs) but be prepared to face a big 3bet or push which puts you in a real difficult situation. Implied odds are usually big but a couple misses will destroy your stack and image. If I see a lot of EP limping, I color mark a player as a fish unless he's just unbelievable post-flop.
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Originally Posted by Nuca-Cola
And what should be my all-in range, say, when we're 6 handed or less when I'm less than 10bb? I usually try AJ+ and any pocket pair in EP and KQ, KJ, A8s+ from btn or sb when folded to me.
6 handed is usually a bit too early to be pushing very wide regardless of your stack size. Anyone that calls you is probably going to be dominating that range. I personally don't mind losing a little fold equity to make sure my edge is larger. Again, there's no 'play these cards at this time' rules for this. A lot of it is going to be villian read dependent and again that's where a HUD is going to help.
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Originally Posted by Nuca-Cola
I had a trial HUD, it expired. Can't afford to buy one now, will surely buy it later.
Both HEM and PT3 offer demos so whatever one you had, get the other one.
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Originally Posted by Nuca-Cola
So, getting shortstacked in the later stages due to the fact that we are playing so tight in the beginning is OK?
Typically, yes. A lot of my wins came at 1000 chips with 5 players to go. Next thing you know you hit a couple premium hands in a row and you just tripled up into the money. My philosophy is that I really only have to win 1-2 big hands to have a workable stack on the bubble.
Keep in mind that most of my experience is at non turbos and I'm only commenting here because it's all fresh in my mind after having to adjust my game this weekend. But based on the games I've won and the notes I've taken on regulars at this level (11+1), it seems to be the general way to play. There's not a lot of speculative hand play here... drawing hand value goes down since you'll be forced to make decisions for all your chips on the flop/turn more often.