Hey Guys,

Today I had a bunch of Pocket Pairs and Semi Strong Hands ( A10-AJ / KQ ) and got me into weird places.

1 - Early Stages , Early Position you have 88, Open-Raise ? Limp ? Fold ?
What if it was a 44 ? or 33? So generally i am wondering what to do with 22-99 in Early or Mid Position, when you are the first one to act ( If in MP, assume everyone else folded )

2- Early Stages, someone opens to 60 (10/20 BB ) , You are MP with KQo, Call ? Fold ?
What if it was A10 - AJ - QJs ?

3- Another thing that happened today, was in a lot of tables we reach Blind Level 75/150 , and there are still 9 Players left , well being that most everyone has around 8-12BB at that point, it becomes hard to Push/Fold due to the fact that theres still 8 / 7 / 6 to act after, Any advice on this specific case?

Thanks a lot in advance for any help you might give me.

Edit what

1 - It depends, if you are comfortable raising 88 in EP go ahead. If you know that the population likes to limp along, feel free to open-limp pairs. If not, fold.

2 - Readless Id fold KQ, AJ vs EP opens @ early stages.

3 - If you move up stakes, you will notice that this happens more and more often and even at later blinds. There are a lot of strategies to apply. For example, with 8-12 BBs you can still do raise/folds, if the table is tight this is very profitable.

Id like to point out that you only need to take down the blinds once every turn to avoid getting blinded out. So if you have runs of bad cards or an aggro/loose/whatever table, keep this in mind. Also there is nothing wrong with getting blinded down to 8 BBs or whatever if you dont lose significant Folding Equity.

Hey Ronny,

I appreciate the feedback,

I ve been pulling long hours studying this, and reading few articles and books * I havent played SNGs in a long time * , but I managed to get the frame work again, Seems silly now, but i wanted some other opinions too, Yeah i do agree with your point about 8BB , The only thing i am still unsure, and hopefully by Sunday i ll have that worked out, is the flat call early or mid stages, as I dont generally like calling too much, but I am sticking to calling few times In Position, with AQ/AQs , KQ/KJs+ and pocket pairs for a Call 20/ 15 Rule,

Open Limping is something I dont really enjoy, per say, but In higher buy in levels does that happen a lot ?
Cause I am playing 1.50$/3$ Sngs and i dont wanna develop habits that perhaps in this two levels might be slightly +ev or breakeven moves, into habits that will later become -EV moves in higher levels.

I dont play high stakes but Id be surprised if you see much openlimping. Id guess you hardly see it.

If you are uncomfortable calling a raise, keep in mind you can fold or make a tiny 3bet instead. Dont just flat because you have a strong hand and feel obliged to play it.

Generally and this is true for any stake you want to exploit your opponents to the max. There are still fish at higher stakes you just dont see em nearly as often. Learning to properly exploit them isnt a bad thing.

Yo man, how are ya, its me adasko99 from the other forum XD

I never openlimp at the micros (apart from occasionally opencompleting from the SB) but i do limp behind a ton and i love it
Baby pairs, mid pairs, suited connectors, some lower offsuit broadways or even offsuit gapped connectors if the price is right.
The reason being is you want to get into as many postflop spots as reasonably possible at the micros fishfest, and they often let you in very cheaply

Ps:
I dont know how effective this would be at the low/mid stakes tho but i will let you know when i get there XD

You're asking "how do you play poker?" Go watch videos of winning players, tons about. Also check through the stickies.

Hey Adasko,

Yeah I created this post, before the challenge one on PS was trying to get some info , but yeah I am basicalle opening or folding EP, and def limping behind MP with those hands =)

Clearly No, Thats not what I was asking, and if u take some time to read * assuming you know how to =p you d understand,


1 - I was asking about general opinions, because some people do open 22+ others wont open anything up to 99+ , others limp in first, others will fold or limp behind, In my case I was limping small ones, and open raise mid-high ones, so no the question was not how do you play poker, it was indeed In x Situation what is your view on this line, or that line.


2- I usually call IP with AQs+/KQs , so its also not asking how do you play poker, its asking what do you flat with in Position, to see if my ranges are too tight, Which btw, I am no longer just flatting with AQs , at least in the micros, So no that was not the question.

3- Here is where i see, you didnt really bother reading to the questions lol, This is about a specific situation that happened at the tables, and i was asking for advice, Thats about it.

Thanks for your time, No need to thank me for mine

This one I highly recommend for those who havent. Some really really great stuff there.

Also Gekko, I think youre questions were fine, but somewhat vague. The more details you can give about the situation the better. Because there are so many factors that change it.

Like I said Id raise 88, usually. But Im very comfortable playing it as postflop play is where my strenght is and I dont play many tables if Im playing these days. Most regs are strong in push-fold but not as much postflop, so they wouldnt open 88 UTG early because they play so many tables that they dont have the time or possibly the skill to make it work.

Hi Ronny, I totally agree with you, and def it wasnt a lot of details, I was literally just begging my " being back to sngs" lol, Much study after i initially created this post, like said before seems silly now lol