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Originally Posted by Bill Haywood
In live games we often see three people limping ahead of us, bless their hearts.
Do we overlimp A5o? J7s? T9o? K7o? 54s?
I'd be interested to read how low people go in this scenario.
I regularly see people limp a range like this:
77-22,ATs-A2s,K2s+,Q2s+,J3s+,T4s+,95s+,85s+,74s+,64s+,53s+,A Jo-A2o,K8o+,Q8o+,J7o+,T7o+,97o+,87o,76o
Against three limpers with that range, equities are:
A2s 27%
A5o, J8s 25%
Q5s 24%
T9o 23%
K7o 22%
Assume we are not in a blind, although the SB would be another interesting discussion.
If it’s a 9 handed game or 8 handed game, the minimum position is MP. The plan from MP vs button or CO is much different. From the button, we can play a lot more trash. In the MP, we have to be a lot more cautious about the people behind us, many of whom might play aggressive from 20/40+.
I’m assuming you are talking about a very loose/passive game. We can play almost any suited q, k, or a, and may even want to raise with most suited aces from late position. Any pair 99’s or lower can be raised or limped, and you should probably have a mix of both for deception. TT+, ATs+, KTs+, QTs+, 9Ts+, Aqo+ seems like a good raising range, with some other reasonable hands mixed in to balance if people are paying attention.
We should mostly avoid hands that don’t flop well multiway. There are tons of RIO from limp-happy players who might limp better hands than you ranged out, there are pre-flop traps, and there are people behind us who can wake up with a hand. That being said, suited and connected is worth playing in position, and we should also be aware of how players play after the flop.