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 small to mid-pairs in limit tourneys, doctorfat, 24. Jul 2003 10:15 | ||
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| I'm posting this because I played an on-line limit tourney last night, and realized that I don't have a good concept of how to play low to mid-pairs (say 22-88) in the middle rounds of a limit tournament (even though I play these types of tourneys fairly often). I understand that every situation will be different, and of course a lot depends upon position, chip count, etc., but I'm curious about other people's typical plays in these situations (like, frequency of calling, raising, folding; calling raises, etc.). I think that I would typically call with such pairs early in tourneys when you see a lot of multiway pots, while raising later in tourneys when you're more likely to be heads up. But I find that I struggle with decisions in the middle rounds of the tourney (which, of course, if it involves a bad decision, could be the end of the tourney!). I also find it much easier to play these types of pairs in no-limit tourneys. Any thoughts about limit, though? | ||
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| Re: small to mid-pairs in limit tourneys, noiseboy, 25. Jul 2003 13:46 | ||
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| In a limit tournament, I like to be the aggressor with any pair I play when first in 90% of the time. I either raise or fold depending on how high the pair is and what my position is, how aggressive the players behind me are, how good the blinds play after the flop, etc... The good thing about being the aggressor before the flop is that any non-pair will miss the flop more than they hit it, so you can win a lot of pots with a bet on the flop. Since players generally play tighter in tourney's you will have the added benefit of sometimes stealing the blinds, especially in the later rounds. One more benefit, is that by raising when you are first in with smaller pairs, you will get more action when you raise with AA's and KK's because they can't really put you on a hand. Anyway, the only limping I ever do is early in a tournament, in the later rounds when the blinds are high, there is just too much chance you can steal. Even if there are several limpers before you, if you raise, often it will get checked to you on the flop, and you can either try for a steal if you think they are weak, or you can take a free shot at hitting a set, depending on how many players and how strong they are. In the middle rounds, you should base your decision on how aggressively to play medium pairs on how aggressive the players behind you are. I might be inclined to fold a pair of 88's if there are some super aggro players capping every other pot. A lot of it's judgment, but I've had success raising with 77's and 66's which play well heads-up and in tournaments you can knock people out more with a raise, since they don't want to go broke. Hope this helps. | ||
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