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  1. neophrak neophrak is offline

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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 5:40pm)

    <SPAN class=postbody>Don't know if you noticed but lately, I see more and more people limping, in every position, in every stages of the tourney, and last but not least at any stakes!

    So maybe I missed something but what the hell is that new fashion?

    It's really annoying as these limping induces more people to enter the pot and you have to raise more to reduce the field preflop, most of the time, when you raise they all call so you are still blind before the flop...

    Did you guys notcied that also ? How to handle that crappy situations ?

    Cheers</SPAN>
     
  2. SN8WMAN SN8WMAN is offline

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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 5:46pm) in reply to neophrak

    new?

    im pretty sure less people are limping nowadays then back a few years ago, you can probably look at live play now and that was probably wat online play was like a few years back, and i know in live play they limp like crazy.
     
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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 5:51pm) in reply to SN8WMAN

    Yeah I know that, but lately people are limping much more.. Don't know maybe I missed something but I play 5-6 tourneys a day since 8 months and now it really seems to have changed since a couple of weeks.. Anyway my question was how do you handle this ? I mean I don't want to raise 20% of my time each time I enter a pot..
     
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  4. MadProfesor MadProfesor is offline

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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 5:55pm) in reply to neophrak

    pm emptyseat88
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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 6:14pm) in reply to MadProfesor

    If there are so many people limping, maybe they need to see a physio?
     
  6. neophrak neophrak is offline

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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 6:17pm) in reply to CupcakeTrev

    Thx for your input
     
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  7. CupcakeTrev CupcakeTrev is offline

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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 6:22pm) in reply to neophrak

    You're welcome :o) I was watching the final of Premier League Poker (UK) with the likes of Hellmuth and Liz Lieu playing, and the blinds were high compared to their chipstacks. Now normal theory would be to shove your stack if you get so low, but they were opting to limp instead. The commentators take was to say that they are limping because its too expensive to raise. Maybe some feel it adds a little more skill to the game rather than the shove and hope attitude.

    And limping, whilst weak, is a cheaper option to see a flop and then decide whether to build a pot or not.
     
  8. neophrak neophrak is offline

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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 6:33pm) in reply to CupcakeTrev

    That was more explicit thank you for that ;-)
    Anyway, I think it's tough to play with all those limpers.. Maybe it adds more post flop play skills..

    Any pro arround has an opinion about this ?
     
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