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Medium to small pocket pairs in cash games

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  1. Marcus5 Marcus5 is offline

    Carrollton, TX
    United States

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    Nov 12th, 2009 (11/12/2009 11:02pm)

    How do you play them?

    - Do you limp with them in early position but fold to a raise? or call a raise by one player leaving you heads up?

    - Do you raise with them in early position

    - Do you straight up fold the pocket pairs in early position?

    - With a 50bb or less stack, do you even bother with small pairs pre flop?

    - Do you only limp in , in a multi-way pot with 3-4+ players in the hand

    I am just trying to play pairs better because that is an area i kind of struggle with and seem to lose money calling pre flop and then end up folding on the flop of QJx or something.

    Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
  2. AFink93 AFink93 is offline

    Norwich, CT
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    Nov 12th, 2009 (11/12/2009 11:23pm) in reply to Marcus5

    I always raise whatever hand im gonna play if im first in a pot. Doesnt matter what pos what hand..

    You should never have a 50BB stack. Always auto top up.. I'll usually raise even from EP if I get a pair unless Im at a table with a bunch of short stackers.. Then I may fold the 22-77 hands from EP.

    In general raise first and limp behind.. If a short stack raises me and I have a small to mid pair i'll fold it most times.. If a bigger stack raises me I'll call most times.. Set Mining in cash games is where you make a good portion of your earnings as well as having your big pairs hold up.
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