Quote Originally Posted by wonderland
So... lesson one... don't limp much and if you do, do it with decent hands. Ax suited is one. Small pocket pair is another. Hell, if your table is reeeeally passive, you CAN open limp at 2nl, there i said it. But... only if you're sure it's profitable i.e. people are NOT raising much at all and there's a villain that will call down anything. This can be profitable.
I definitely second your opinion of open limping not being quite as bad as it's made out to be in 2NL and 5NL. I actually wrote about that in my OP. A cheap flop is VERY easy to see in the 2NL and 5NL and can be all you need to stack your fellow opponent. Speculative hands are obviously the best kinds to open limp. However, I promised myself to stop this shitty habit in 10NL...and I did. I tried it a few times...but got punished for it by a raise in MP or LP. I won't be doing much (if any) open limping in 10NL.

Nice post. I basically agree with all your observations. Now let's go own 10NL!