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pokerpops:
Playing £.50/£1 last evening at the local casino and had two examples of how a lot of people seem to play small to mid pairs...

First - there"s a straddle to £2 most of the table call round to the original straddler who raise to £62 total....
I opted to fold
Button, who had limp called with AKo, then shoves for an extra £30 which is called with a pair of sixes

Second - again straddled to £2 and called in four or five spots when next to act makes it £22. All fold and he shows a pair of Jacks.

Debate ensues about how hard it is to play pairs in this range....

I"m more inclined to keep the raise at my standard level based on position and number of callers before me/the individuals left to act - to me these moves look like a fear of the flop and of being outplayed. Now, I get outplayed often enough, but I think the big raise means you lose value when you hit, and it"s also rather surprising how often you can c-bet an A high flop with 10 10 or  JJ and see the three or four callers all fold...
It"s also very easy to disguise your hand and get maximum value when you do hit

But one of the culprits here is a seriously successful player so... answers on a postacrd please

Marty719:
totally dependant on sooooooooo many factors.  Stack sizes, history, image, game flow, etc

standardised bet-sizing is obv usually a good idea, but at 100NL live, people do not tend to pay enough attention and you can get away with a bit more.

deanp27:
i love local casino strat

bigredders:
I don"t think its a case of being outplayed, its just if you make it too small then your asking for players to call. Once the first few call then the others have to call for value. Before you know it you are in a 6 way pot with a middle pair with quite a bit invested. Therefore unless you hit your set you are stuffed!

pokerpops:

--- Quote from: bigredders on September 28, 2010, 12:20:18 PM ---
I don"t think its a case of being outplayed, its just if you make it too small then your asking for players to call. Once the first few call then the others have to call for value. Before you know it you are in a 6 way pot with a middle pair with quite a bit invested. Therefore unless you hit your set you are stuffed!

--- End quote ---


but....
We don"t have "quite a bit" invested if we keep our open raise size at around 4BB and if we get 5 or 6 callers with our 66 and we hit an AK6 flop we get paid so much more... and if we don""t hit we can play (or fold) from there

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