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03-12-2010 , 11:34 PM

EADGBE

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 15,841

10$ lvl and theres massive amounts of open limping, is this by design?

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03-13-2010 , 02:43 AM

idmtchris

adept

Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,036

A lot of folks limp in DON, I prefer a chip conservation approach and let other limp their stacks down. I would rather fold the first couple of levels unless I get a really decent hand and favorable position. Once it gets down to about 7 it is really time to pay attention and try to pick up pots, because people start to think about the bubble.

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03-13-2010 , 05:59 AM

ninersrule

veteran

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,545

Dont limp, those are just bad players.

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03-13-2010 , 06:05 AM

elendil200

adept

Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,031

They are fun aren't they?

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03-13-2010 , 11:42 AM

johnpurcell

centurion

Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 106

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Originally Posted by elendil200

They are fun aren't they?

LOL!!!

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03-13-2010 , 12:08 PM

devilman2075

grinder

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 544

I've seen a lot of limping in the DoN's, also the regs strategy seems to be do absolutely nothing untill you catch premiums and let everyone else do the dirty work.

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03-13-2010 , 03:33 PM

SamPooley

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,207

I play quite a few DoN's on Cake, and i have noticed a MASSIVE amount of limping. I am not quite sure why this is. Maybe because the donks think calling is better than raising in DoN's because they lose less chips by doing it. When it is actually worse.

Either way, the solid players should be able to take advantage of this, and this isn't done by getting involved in the limp fest.

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03-13-2010 , 07:20 PM

idmtchris

adept

Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,036

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Originally Posted by devilman2075

I've seen a lot of limping in the DoN's, also the regs strategy seems to be do absolutely nothing untill you catch premiums and let everyone else do the dirty work.

Classic example of this today. Played 7 $5 NLHE DON. My VP and PFR was like 8. Played like three hands in each one, raise everytime took the blinds and antes and cash in all of them. Meanwhile the guys with VP of 25+ get killed.

DON SNG: Where a Nit can be a winner

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03-13-2010 , 07:58 PM

sixfour

should be called sevenfour

Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 75,510

i'm of the opinion that limping is ok in the first level with pp's and sc's to try to hit big and double up, but otherwise it's generally bad, it's rare that you make a mistake in a don by playing too tight

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