Low pocket pair preflop

te7ris · Mar 23, 2016

Hey,
I just had a hand sitting UTG2 w/ 33. I limped and it goes something like 3 limps and raise ~6Bigblinds. Is it worth to call and draw for the set? I had to call for like 10% of my stack

FlyingFitz · Mar 23, 2016

Fold would be my answer

I find that sometimes holding on to a low pocket pair, hoping to hit will many times get you in trouble even when you hit, for someone else has a higher pocket pair and hits too. Thus, you end up going all in thinking you have the best 3 of a kind, until they show you their higher pocket pair and your out of the game - sometimes loosing a stack that took an hour or more to build. I would fold them if I never had lots of money in the game to take chances.

PapaC · Mar 23, 2016

33 in early positions is a limp if you can, but they are a fold against a raise per-flop. At least that is how I play them. I see a lot of players play any pocket pair all the way, and more times that none, they lose. I'm just not putting my chips out there on a hope to hit a set. GL to you

joe777 · Mar 23, 2016

Fold,don't call a raise with more than 5% effective stack especially with 33, unless you got a very good read on the villain.

starting_at_the_bottom · Mar 23, 2016

Depends

If its multi way and villains will stack off with top pair or overpair type hands its borderline ok to limp call pre for 10% stack

Ideally you dont really want to set mine for above 5% stack as stated above though.

makisaa · Mar 24, 2016

Why not? If you feel it?

diserg1 · Mar 25, 2016

quite dangerous, but also potentially winning hand. The success of the raffle pairs largely depends on luck. High probability of winning if the pair was supplemented to the set. To enter the drawing can and should be, but only if you are in late position and you did not have to raise.