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My answers are for tournaments only, not cash games. In fact all my answers in this thread are for very specific tournament circumstances described by Harrington on page 176. Here are 2 of the key circumstances:
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1. I'm at a full table of nine players, in the early to middle part of a tournament.
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HOH page 176
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5. We all have plenty of chips compared to the blinds and antes
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HOH page 176
1. Open limping with AA KK QQ in early position is dangerous. 20% is too much for me, I do it less than 10% of the time even when being studied.
I'm not sure about the
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Originally Posted by zook
Why wouldn't opening up his pre-flop raising range (say, to include all PP's) achieve the same goal?
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part of the question. Instead of answering it directly I'll say that I play most pocket pairs the same was as Harrington in early position (EP), specifics are below.
I play JJ TT 99 the same way as Harrington in EP:
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JJ TT 99 ... a mix of 70 percent raises and 30 percent calls.
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HOH page 180
I play 77 and 66 the same as Harrington in EP. With 88 I raise more than Harrington's 20 percent of the time:
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88 77 66 ... a mix of 20 percent raises, 80 percent calls.
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HOH page 181
Low pairs are dangerous and like Harrington I worry about them in EP:
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55 44 33 22 ... In early position, usually throw these hands away.
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HOH page 182
2. I'm still experimenting with this. I've done well in tournaments where my standard pre-flop opening was 3x the BB.
3. I agree about not going over 3xbb (but maybe 4xbb is ok). I'm not sure I like the idea of open-limping too much more than usual. A raise in LP with these hands might be seen as a blind steal in which case you're happy to see the blinds get defensive. Also, there are few things worse than losing a pot with AA-QQ to an inferior hand because of a bad beat. If I lose with a big pair it is easier to keep myself from going on tilt if I know that I put in a healthy raise pre-flop.
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