what's your play OOP?.. raise or call...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($4.37)
Hero (SB) ($5.45)
BB ($7.32)
UTG ($4.57)
UTG+1 ($10.62)
MP1 ($2.93)
MP2 ($10)
CO ($8.70)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, Q
UTG calls $0.05, 3 folds, CO calls $0.05, Button calls $0.05
Hero...

Total pot: $0.22

This is a strong enough hand to raise.

normally i fold everything except AJs or better UTG and UTG+1 when i'm playing these so when i'm in the SB i hesitate to raise because of it...

how much should be raising with limpers?.. what kind of hands should i be raising with?..

Originally Posted by xX zorrito Xx

normally i fold everything except AJs or better UTG and UTG+1 when i'm playing these so when i'm in the SB i hesitate to raise because of it...

how much should be raising with limpers?.. what kind of hands should i be raising with?..

When I'm raising over limpers from the blinds I usually go with 1 more big blind than I would if I was on the button raising over the same number of limpers. So if there were 3 limpers, I'd raise to 8bb. I do this so if I'm in the big blind I'm putting the same amount into the pot as I would out of the blinds (since you post 1 bb before you're dealt cards).

I personally raise more over limpers than a lot of people recommend. I'll raise over 1 or 2 limpers with any broadway, any suited Ace, most suited Kings, and all kinds of other random stuff. For someone not looking to play a lot of marginal hands OOP, I think something close to your UTG+1 or UTG+2 open-raising range would be sufficient.