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not raising pre w/ position in low stake mtt's

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  1. TNguyen TNguyen is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2008 (9/7/2008 4:04am)

    in the lower stake games should i not be raising with hands like 10-8s, suited connectors and low PP on the button or hi jack? lately everytime i'm trying to steal blinds, blinds call, i miss flop, i c-bet, they call blah blah and show some pretty weak hands. so should i just be calling w/ hands like these and raising monsters only? ty
  2. 3kingme3 3kingme3 is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2008 (9/7/2008 4:24am) in reply to TNguyen

    no, you should pretty much never be limping in pre, work on your postflop game because it sounds like people are just outplaying you post flop
  3. rye rye is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2008 (9/7/2008 5:21am) in reply to 3kingme3

    and if you're always stealing ppl are going to call u with weaker holdings...i dont think its imperative that you steal early in a mtt, but when antes kick in you should become more active...hopefully people will have pegged you as tight by then because u arent always raising in late position and your steal attempts will be more successful
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    Sep 7th, 2008 (9/7/2008 11:57am) in reply to rye

    def work on your game. stealing blinds in low level mtt's is one of the easiest things to do ever...
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  5. repo_man456 repo_man456 is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2008 (9/7/2008 12:14pm) in reply to TNguyen

    You don't need to c-bet every flop, esp if you are freq raising in LP/c-o/button

    I wouldn't recommend open-limping suited connectors/small PP/etc in MP-LP in these, raise and play post flop. And, you don't need to raise every time you are in MP/c-o/button, people that do that are exploit

    If you want to work on your post flop play, try a little PL Omaha where many [tough] decisions are made post-flop
     
  6. moriAArty moriAArty is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2008 (9/7/2008 12:53pm) in reply to rye

     
    Originally Posted by rye View Post

    and if you're always stealing ppl are going to call u with weaker holdings...i dont think its imperative that you steal early in a mtt, but when antes kick in you should become more active...hopefully people will have pegged you as tight by then because u arent always raising in late position and your steal attempts will be more successful

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