Quote Originally Posted by Nakamura
Can you perhaps explain why raising 44 from UTG+1 > limping?
I didn't say raise. I play 6m mainly, but do have some FR experience. Small pp's just don't play that great oop postflop except when you hit a set, and then oop it's hard to get all the chips in.

At 6max, I open-fold 22 - 66 virtually all the time UTG and at least half the time UTG+1. I'm open-raising all pp's from the CO/BTN. I would open-fold 22-66 until MP1 in FR.

I understand that at 10nl, you can still limp/call small pp's and set hunt profitably. But I don't think you'll be able to at 25nl. So it's better to adjust your opening ranges now, while you're still at 10nl.

The problems with small pp's in EP are:
1. You have to fold to any decently-sized 3bet.
2. You have to cbet air a ton on the flop when you open-raise and miss.
3. It's really hard get all the chips in with a limp/call open from EP because you're oop and super-obvious.
4. Any time you bet the flop without a set, you have to fold to any raise or try to check it down turn/river.
5. You need stacks near 100bb's to set hunt even ip.

Small pp's are great implied odds hands, but getting from implied odds to chips in the middle usually requires deception and position, neither of which you posses on a limp-call UTG (unless it's only the blinds that come along, obv).

I'm not saying you're not winning with these hands, I'm just saying you'll need to play more TAGG-correct soon, so why not start adjusting your opening ranges now, while learning is cheap?