Irish, if you read a UTG limp as strong, and a lot of limpers come along, you should also be limping a wide range in position, especially drawing hands. It's +EV with the pot/implied odds. Never mind the fact that Chard has a big stack. That's just icing on the limp cake. This hand was played excellent IMO. 45 is a great hand to see a flop with in that spot for a basketfull of reasons (though I'd rather it be 56, the rocket killer). Look into it and add this to your arsenal ASAP. You know 56 beats AA more than any other hand right? (I'm sure you do. I don't want to seem patronizing)

This post is about more than underplaying a made hand regardless of Chards intention in posting it. It demonstrates an intelligent player limping a speculative hand in position that will win a big pot or lose a small one. This will be one of my points of discussion in the MTT maximum value article I still plan to write (wink).

You simply have to see a flop in this spot ALL DAY LONG. I think even if you don't read UTG as loaded high, you still have good pot odds.

Quote Originally Posted by Irisheyes
If it was KT then I like it.
KT has two main possibilities. It can draw to a straight or be dominated. In that regard I prefer 45 over KT. What do you do with KT if a second K hits the river and the villain makes a huge bet?