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Old 01-02-2007, 08:39 AM     Post subject: Low Pocket Pairs in a cash game? #1 (permalink)  

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How and under what circumstances would you play small and low medium pairs (77-22) in a 10 player cash game in your regular game play with positive EV?


1) Would you ever consider playing any of them if there is a raise before you?

2) How would you play it in early position?

3) How would you play it in middle position?
a) Without limpers
b) With 1 limper
c) With 2 limpers

4) How would you play it in middle position?
a) Without limpers
b) With 1 limper
c) With 2 limpers
d) With 3 or more limpers

5) How would you play it in late position?
a) Without limpers
b) With 1 limper
c) With 2 limpers
d) With 3 or more limpers

6) How would you play it in small blind position?
a) Without limpers
b) With 1 limper
c) With 2 limpers
d) With 3 or more limpers

7) How would you play it in big blind position?
a) Without limpers
b) With 1 limper
c) With 2 limpers
d) With 3 or more limpers

At what blind level would you use this play?

I have an idea that either you try to outplay one opponent and then a raise would be good. The other way is if there are enough limpers to give good implied odds in case you hit trips and then you want to do it cheap pre flop - that is just a call.
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Old 01-02-2007, 01:45 PM #2 (permalink)  
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play them lots. they should be big money makers when they hit. it's hard to answer every single one of those questions. you usually want to get in the hand with your pairs unless you don't have odds to set-hunt.
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Old 01-02-2007, 01:56 PM #3 (permalink)  
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loose game (where they stack off in unrasied pots and a cbet wont take it down very often) - limp/call + set

tight game (where they wont stack off in unraised pots and you can often take it down with a cbet) - raise and cbet or set.
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Old 01-02-2007, 02:50 PM #4 (permalink)  
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In an early position I'd at least limp in and hope to hit a set...if a low flop comes up then you can play it a bit more aggressively. In late position with no limpers I might try to raise it up some.

If I'm in a tourney and short stacked and running out of time I'll sometimes push with low PP and hope for the best...
 
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Old 01-08-2007, 01:37 PM #5 (permalink)  
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Call in pretty much all cases and hope for a set, then pounce and take money. MUUUUHahahahahaha.

On a more serious note, I'm dubious just limping in from very early position with the lower PPs as it seems to me that most of the time, some joker in LP/BTN will raise it up to force people out. I don't mind calling the riase up to about 1/10 of my stack, but I don't like being first to act after the flop.

In LP, I'll be tempted to raise it up with PPs over and above 77 or 88 as long as there haven't been any previous raisers. If there has been a raise, I'll just call and hope for a set of something else tempting.

SB and BB are pretty much the same as being in LP/BTN for me, but I am just more aware that I have to be really decisive when the flop comes. If it helps me I can check or bet as I see fit, if not, I'll check and be prepared to fold if things get ugly.

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