what should i do with 44, 55, 66?

bazza155 said:

Going all in on a small pair you are looking to steal the blinds or hoping to win a coin flip as a caller should have at least two over cards but could well have a bigger pair. If its cheap to get in when limp and hope to hit a set otherwise fold.

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austral said:

Preflop: Open-raise; call raises mainly to set-mine.

Postflop:

Hit a set → play strong/aggressively.

Miss the set → usually check-fold.

Bluff sparingly and in good spots.

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fundiver199 said:

Depends a lot on the stack size. Less than 15BB, small pairs usually play best as an open jam or rejam. 15-30BB then can often just be folded, unless you are in the big blind, and more than 30BB you can try to see a flop with them. This is a huge simplification but at least a starting point.

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thwenth1983 said:

Good morning, everyone. Whenever you ask a question related to poker, the word you will hear the most in the answer is “it depends.” So what should you do with small pairs like 44, 55, and 66? Well, it depends on your position and on your stack size.

For example: with 100 big blinds, you can play 44, 55, and 66 from any position. From UTG, you can open with a min-raise to 2 big blinds. If someone 3-bets to 6 or 7 big blinds, you can call, especially when you're deep. Your goal is to hit a set. If you miss the set and your opponent continuation-bets in a 3-bet pot, it's an easy fold. Don’t start trying to catch bluffs thinking they have A-K or A-Q. With these small pairs, you’re playing strictly to hit a set. If you miss, just fold.

From late positions — cutoff, button, small blind, or big blind — with around 20 to 25 big blinds, you can consider shoving depending on the situation. I don’t think open shoving from cutoff or button is a great idea unless you have about 15 big blinds. In that case, an open shove becomes reasonable.

If you're in the big blind holding 44, 55, or 66 and someone opens from cutoff, button, or small blind, a 3-bet shove with around 20 big blinds is fine. Everything depends on position, the type of tournament, the structure speed, and the players at your table. If the opener is a very tight player, shoving is usually not ideal. But if they are loose, then the shove becomes good.

In poker, it always depends. There’s no magic formula. The key is to study and practice.

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moraeskvmi said:

As we say in poker, it all depends on the position, the stack, and so on

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