Should You Ever Limp With Pockets

[Lerts]

Was in a home game and had an argument with two of the guys playing. I had pkt aces and i end up having them crack after i raised 5x the bb and forced another player all-in with AQ and he hit trips on the board. They proceeded to tell me you should limp with those hands sometimes but i disagree, my reason for raising with those types of hands is to get my opponents who are holding marginal hands to fold so i would be 5 handed with my aces and get them crack by a low two pair or a 7 high straight or something ridiculous.
What do you guys think?, should u ever limp with pockets (pocket queens and up)

 

[belladonna05]

Limping aces with 5 callers is a disaster waiting to happen, but let your friends keep thinking that so you can keep taking their money. "Never educate a stupid player"

 

[wilpinsi]

First of all, aces are not unbeatable hands, so if you do not protect your hand you will most likely lose to marginal and worthless hands, cleaning with aces is asking to be death, as to your friends let them think they are playing right, In the meantime you'll be earning all their money

 

[steadman0]

Never limping with QQ+. Lower pockets you can limp and set mine but limping with big pockets is just a disaster waiting to happen. I mean, it's only a pair which is the second weakest hand.

 

[PokerNuts01]

Never limping AA, KK, QQ.. against 4-5 callers.
I limp AA only against one agro opponents when i know that hi will raise with any two cards... trap limp

 

[Lerts]

Was in a home game and had an argument with two of the guys playing. I had pkt aces and i end up having them crack after i raised 5x the bb and forced another player all-in with AQ and he hit trips on the board. They proceeded to tell me you should limp with those hands sometimes but i disagree, my reason for raising with those types of hands is to get my opponents who are holding marginal hands to fold so i would be 5 handed with my aces and get them crack by a low two pair or a 7 high straight or something ridiculous.
What do you guys think?, should u ever limp with pockets (pocket queens and up)

so i would'nt be 5 handed **

 

[JesusHMazzei]

Nope, i'd never limp with that, i would have done the same, the odds of him hitting a trip are slim and they said that after they saw the hand unfold... limping is giving everybody a chance to hit somethin and fight for the pot... You dont want that... You want the pot

 

[PokerNuts01]

You want the pot

No mate, with AA i want MUCH more.. all his chips lol. What is his chance to beat my AA? If u ar scared whan u have AA please dont play poker lol

 

[SPANKYSN]

Should you limp with high pocket pairs (QQ, KK, AA)? No. You want to face one opponent only. As others have said, limping with AA is taking a huge chance....and yes, I have done it, and lost more times than I have won. While it hurts psychologically to get AA in the big blind at a $1-2 table and only collect a buck, it hurts more to do what was my last live cash game at a casino poker room....I limped with AA on the button, because I wanted a big pot. Qxx falls on the flop...I still think I'm good, so I bet small, opponent raises, I reraise, he goes all in....I am happy, thinking I got my big pot. He turns up Q7os. 7 on the river and I lose $125 to two pair. If I raise preflop, I win $3...instead, once he sees the flop, he has the high pair (Queens) and continues to the river and wins a big pot....not me. Lesson learned!!!!

 

[BriceNice]

Yes you should limp with pocket pairs (SOMETIMES) key word sometimes. This of course depends on the situation. If im at a table with a guy behind me to act, whos been raising a lot of pots and getting out of line. I sometimes (remember what I said about sometimes) limp with a big premium here, with the intention, to fold if I dont have the chance to reraise, and/or there is a flop I dont like. But lets say I get the plan I want, 2 more players limp after me and the guy whom I set the trap for does indeed raise. Now I can reraise collect the dead money from the two limpers and villains raise. Or he wants to push back and play for stacks im fine with that as well. I definitely dont do this all time, but its a good move to have in your bag of trick and implement when the situation calls for it.

 

[Thenightrain]

Yes, depending on position. You're ideally looking to hit a set or better on the flop at which point you can start activating the trap

 

[EvertonGirl]

I would only limp with QQ+ if I was UTG or in the SB, however I wouldn't do it often. I would limp in those positions tho with different hands to polarize my range then when you do it with AA you more than likely will see a raise from the same person who has raised you before and now you can re-raise.

I would never limp UTG if no-one in your home game is going to raise you tho, as you need an aggressive player to have this move work, if they are all passive then you obviously raise and bare in mind that AA will get cracked some of the time.

GL

 

[Rational Madman]

I limp with all kinds of hands, I like to see the strength of other's hands first, for me preflop action is a weakness and a leak in gameplay, I basically NEVER raise preflop UNLESS I am in dealer sb or bb and less than 4 others are in the hand.

 

[Shumkoolie]

Limping aces with 5 callers is a disaster waiting to happen, but let your friends keep thinking that so you can keep taking their money. "Never educate a stupid player"

Well said, can't add anything to that.

I mean, it's only a pair which is the second weakest hand.

That's an excellent way of putting it. One pair is the second weakest hand in poker.

Never limping AA, KK, QQ.. against 4-5 callers.
I limp AA only against one agro opponents when i know that hi will raise with any two cards... trap limp

I think the appropriate situation would call for a limp (ie: you might be playing heads-up against a player who is extremely aggressive, but you have to be careful here too because sometimes these players will pick up on betting patterns like this so it might not work ultimately because they're going to fold to your 3-bet).

Yes, depending on position. You're ideally looking to hit a set or better on the flop at which point you can start activating the trap

If you're fixated on "trapping" players, you're going to be much easier to play against in the long run. You want to be raising your hands most of the time and playing for value and betting out instead of waiting for your opponents to do so.

I can't tell you how many times people have checked the nuts behind me on the river and I just say to myself (I lost the minimum there - or close to it).

 

[korneel]

Limping them when when there are only 2 players in the pot is okay. Otherwise it's not.

 

[whiskers77]

I wouldn't limp them with multiple people in pot. Only maybe in a HU. But I guess even there I would min bet or something smaller to get a call or hopefully reraise then.
=^..^=

 

[PCBANE]

Nevaaa

I will only limp in with pockets 9s and lower 10s and higher I raise.

 

[Lerts]

I will only limp in with pockets 9s and lower 10s and higher I raise.

same, pocket 9s and lower i would like to set mine but anything higher than that im raising it up most of the time

 

[paulinhlt]

"Never limping AA, KK, QQ.. against 4-5 callers.
I limp AA only against one agro opponents when i know that hi will raise with any two cards... trap limp "



right (Y)

 

[pokerpie]

limp goes gimp

always remember, limp goes gimp lol. never had a good situation limping in with high pocketpair that i can remember when there's still 3-4+ involved in the hand.

 

[midni7e7oker]

It's hard not to limp when you've got such a huge pair in your pocket.

 

[darthdimsky]

Honestly scared of limping with QQ+. That's unless I've got an aggro fish who's bound to 3b every hand I play and shove on top/middle pair. So many times have my A's and K's been cracked/lost value not playing aggressive enough.

 

[EvertonGirl]

Honestly scared of limping with QQ+. That's unless I've got an aggro fish who's bound to 3b every hand I play and shove on top/middle pair. So many times have my A's and K's been cracked/lost value not playing aggressive enough.

Our QQ+ can get cracked if we were aggressive as well. Twice I have had my AA's cracked because Villain had limped called with 63o and 63s, both times, both Villain's flopped two pair and it looked a perfect flop for AA as they never raised any of my bets just called three streets and aces still looked good on the river. While writing this I have just had my KK cracked as once again I am ahead flop and turn and Villain rivers a flush, that has happened 3 times the past few days on my KK and three times I have played it aggressively. I am not moaning about how I am unlucky atm I am just saying these hands will get cracked if you raise pre, or if you limp re-raise, it is poker at the end of the day

I would only try the limp re-raise when I am between 10-30 bbs and a maniac is just over aggressive, the end result does not matter!!.

I will only limp in with pockets 9s and lower 10s and higher I raise.

same, pocket 9s and lower i would like to set mine but anything higher than that im raising it up most of the time

I am not sure you are talking about open limping or calling a limp. If it is open limping then this can be very exploitable, you need to polarise your open limps. Villain may take a note that you are only open limping with small pocket pairs and raising when you have monsters. The limp re-raise only works when you are open limping.

 

[darthdimsky]

Our QQ+ can get cracked if we were aggressive as well. Twice I have had my AA's cracked because Villain had limped called with 63o and 63s, both times, both Villain's flopped two pair and it looked a perfect flop for AA as they never raised any of my bets just called three streets and aces still looked good on the river. While writing this I have just had my KK cracked as once again I am ahead flop and turn and Villain rivers a flush, that has happened 3 times the past few days on my KK and three times I have played it aggressively. I am not moaning about how I am unlucky atm I am just saying these hands will get cracked if you raise pre, or if you limp re-raise, it is poker at the end of the day

But in all instances you played them correctly right? You just got out to fishy plays?

 

[EvertonGirl]

But in all instances you played them correctly right? You just got out to fishy plays?

Yea I played them both correctly, I was betting half the pot on very dry boards, there was no draws out there especially on the flop, I think both times the river was missed draws, and as Villain's never raised my bets, I never put them on 2 pair or sets. I was just unlucky both times, obviously we love to play these passive fish, but they do and will get the luck sometimes, nothing we can do about that.

Once where a open limp went wrong was when I was in the BB with 83s or 85s can't remember which lol. I got to check because UTG open limped. I think there was about 4/5 people in the pot. I flopped a FD and I think UTG either min-bet or checked, can't remember which, either way I was getting PO to call and I turned a flush and UTG made a small bet which was called and I raised. UTG shoved and MP called and I thought I hope they don't have a flush. UTG had AA with just a pair, MP had 4's for a set and I held with a flush I believe this was early in a tournament and UTG should never have limped there as it wasn't late enough to find out if there was a maniac who would of paid him off. I have won like this twice with a simlar situation just can't remember what cards I have the second time. Both times I was in the BB.

So I think it is important knowing when to use the limp re-raise move.