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Unbalanced limping range in early position

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mporter123:
First few levels of a tournament, no antes, lets say buy in is

dwh103:
Awful, when the alternative is clicking (should you even wish to play those hands), retaining the initiative, creating an image and better defining opponent ranges.

KarmaDope:
Dislike. Would much rather raise or fold. Infact, I like raising more than folding early on to play against spewbots.

deanp27:
Prefer to open (say 2.5x early but even min-raising>limping) and have the betting lead when deep but limping behind is ok.
Not folding ATo either

I"d need a really good reason to start open limping

AAroddersAA:
Good Post imo

I don"t mind being unbalanced as there is really no need to be balanced most of the time.

Open limping is not generally not what I do but it"s a great discussion topic, what is the plan? Limp/Call and hit big or get out? If there is a raise/3-bet we fold right?

I actually don"t think it is awful, but not sure it is optimal at all, I would just raise 2.5x or 3x is fine at this point, sometimes I would just fold. The structure is important as well, in a shallow stacked turbo would be pretty bad I think as your chip stack is so important. In an apat type event it has potential to be +EV maybe?

How are we planning to proceed within the hand? Say we limp and call a raise, what do/should we do when we hit say:-

a) Set
2) Flush Draw or str8 draw
3) A massive draw like a str8 flush draw
4) Marginal hand like second pair
5) Nothing

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