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Low Limit Limps
2009-06-05 09:37:13
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 Curtis Thomas |
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"Limp, check, flop, check, bet,fold" welcome to the micro/low limits of online poker. I have seen this scene play out ad nauseam amongst the weaker players online. Common remedies for limpers on your big blind include: 1. Raising preflop with any two - chase those limpers out before the flop hits and if they stick around, lead out any flop. I have a limp/fold statistic for my HUD, because it is a great stat to know. 2. Check raise any flop - keep the buggers honest. A strange phenomena of the micro limits is many players can not fold to a check raise, but they will lay down to a turn lead out after a check raise (a little something something to keep in mind.) 3. Lead out any flop - push those monkeys off your pot. 4. Fold - This is the most commonly used play against a limper who raises the flop (very effective.) 5. Float the flop - Call the flop with any two and see how the player reacts on the turn. See example below. Always keep in mind that there are players in these levels that will not fold Jack high so beware the calling station when bluffing with air. Personally, I like to have some outs or at least an Ace for some kind of showdown value when bluffing. The play in the example below is a basic poker move, a float with an Ace high. I could check the river but I think a bet folds out smaller pocket pairs enough to be profitable. Obviously most of you have this move in your repertoire, and for those of you who don't, add it today. GG GL Example - PokerStars Game #28913542941: Tournament #168050134, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (100/200) - 2009/06/02 15:59:34 ET Table '168050134 535' 9-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: charterbus (8095 in chips) Seat 2: MAKKZ (23910 in chips) Seat 3: hokumfool (9673 in chips) Seat 4: PokerPete04 (11235 in chips) Seat 5: veippa (25169 in chips) Seat 6: THEKIDS2007 (9110 in chips) Seat 7: Aces_jjAcKs (8720 in chips) Seat 8: Albert47 (4175 in chips) Seat 9: El_PoRTu_KK (8400 in chips) charterbus: posts the ante 25 MAKKZ: posts the ante 25 hokumfool: posts the ante 25 PokerPete04: posts the ante 25 veippa: posts the ante 25 THEKIDS2007: posts the ante 25 Aces_jjAcKs: posts the ante 25 Albert47: posts the ante 25 El_PoRTu_KK: posts the ante 25 MAKKZ: posts small blind 100 hokumfool: posts big blind 200 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to hokumfool [7c Ac] PokerPete04: folds veippa: folds THEKIDS2007: calls 200 Aces_jjAcKs: folds Albert47: folds El_PoRTu_KK: folds charterbus: folds MAKKZ: folds hokumfool: checks *** FLOP *** [8h 3s 9c] hokumfool: checks THEKIDS2007: bets 550 hokumfool: calls 550 *** TURN *** [8h 3s 9c] [Ts] hokumfool: checks THEKIDS2007: checks *** RIVER *** [8h 3s 9c Ts] [9s] hokumfool: bets 1200 THEKIDS2007: folds Uncalled bet (1200) returned to hokumfool hokumfool collected 1825 from pot hokumfool: doesn't show hand |
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