Limping with AK,AQ

willietherock

I'm playing $1,$5 stts. When raising with the above hands prefolp on low level blindsI always seemed to get called even with 3,4,5,6 *BB raised. This was hurting my stack big time when I missed the flop. I've been limping in recently and being paid off big when the flop hits.
Is this a bad strategy?

ChipLdr

These are premium hands and should always be raised providing there has been no raise beforehand.The reason your being called is because of the level you are playing at: $1 and $5 games have very few solid players so it can be frustrating when u get outdrawn by 56o and the like.

What you will notice with these games is the amount of ppl that crash out on ridiculous hands. You will at least make top 4 by only playing premium hands and being patient. If you miss the flop check it and wait for a better opportunity.

These guys will call anything....They remind me of a fly unable to stay away from a neon light.They eventually get fried.

Rnger

In $1, I wouldnt bother raising with these hands too often. Just see a flop. Push top-pair with a decent kicked on the flop almost everytime in $1 stt's regardless of pot/blind/stack size, only factor to deter you should be the number of players in the hand (and if you have a massive stack ). You will be surprised what calls you. Raising pf dosent stop a players at that levels entering the pot. I played at these levels briefly proving to someone that erractic weak players are easy to beat regularly.

This is possibly terrible advice if you cant play flops very well.

There is a huge difference between players in $5 stt's and $1 stt's imo and you need a different strategy here. 'Real' poker actually begins to come into play at $5. This is what I found on tribeca anyway

TacT

keep it low -- 3/4xbb in the early stages, occasional limp, occasional raise to mix it up.

fuzzbox

Sometimes, in full ring games, limping with A-big is a good play.

If you raise AK for example, and opponents regularly fold AJ- to this action, then you dont really gain much. But if you limp, then opponents can limp an AJ or an AT and if you hit an A you can get some action, because "surely you would have raised AK".

Mix it up.

TacT

fuzzbox wrote:

Sometimes, in full ring games, limping with A-big is a good play.

If you raise AK for example, and opponents regularly fold AJ- to this action, then you dont really gain much. But if you limp, then opponents can limp an AJ or an AT and if you hit an A you can get some action, because "surely you would have raised AK".

Mix it up.

The rare monsters get paid off nicely too, i.e you limp in with AQ and catch a QQA flop. the poor buggers with JQ and QK never see it coming

Gotta love catching a miracle TJQ board with AK and some poor sod with K9s moves in on you because you haven't raised the pot prf.

It's definitely a bad strategy if you're constantly limping, keep them guessing.

opr

ChipLdr wrote:

Unethical Poker Tips

One to add

Through in two high denomination chips without really looking let the dealer call the bet then complain that you meant to use a lower denomination. Dam you have made the bet now - Smacks of weakness

El Stuntman

fuzzbox wrote:

Sometimes, in full ring games, limping with A-big is a good play.

If you raise AK for example, and opponents regularly fold AJ- to this action, then you dont really gain much. But if you limp, then opponents can limp an AJ or an AT and if you hit an A you can get some action, because "surely you would have raised AK".

Mix it up.

Nice 1 Fuzzbox. I find you can often take a decent pot against the Ace-rag (or even better King-rag) merchants with this approach.
<cash games only>

AK is my no 1 earner hand for this reason

but KK is my no 1 Loser :mad:

and no, I don't limp it...just keep finding AA up against me...

patmac

I play a lot of 10 stt's and seem to be reasonably profitable at it. I also find AK better at this level than KK. At what level does the standard start to improve as I am thinking of moving up a level?