Depends.
If the table is super aggro postflop than yeah you could probably win enough monster pots to make up for the 2 straight hours you have to fold sometimes. You'd still be forfeiting a lot of value though.
Open up your late position range in unopened pots to include all pairs, KQ, AT, KJs, TJs, Ax suited
Set mine with all pairs if stacks are deep enough (SPR > say, 20), especially if people do crazy shit post.
This is assuming your opponents are not adept enough to pick up on your tightness and deny you any action on your premiums. If they are you must develop a more complete strategy and balanced range.
If the table is super aggro postflop than yeah you could probably win enough monster pots to make up for the 2 straight hours you have to fold sometimes. You'd still be forfeiting a lot of value though.
Open up your late position range in unopened pots to include all pairs, KQ, AT, KJs, TJs, Ax suited
Set mine with all pairs if stacks are deep enough (SPR > say, 20), especially if people do crazy shit post.
This is assuming your opponents are not adept enough to pick up on your tightness and deny you any action on your premiums. If they are you must develop a more complete strategy and balanced range.
My general rule on set mining is, if I'm debating calling a pre-flop raise with a low/medium pocket pair: Since you'll get your set about 12% of the time, you're going to
need to pull a pot at > 8X the bet you're looking at calling to make it worthwhile. So, if you think you have implied pot odds at > 8 times the bet size if you hit
your set, make the call (assuming you're pretty sure you're not going to get re-raised before the flop). You also have to weigh the odds that someone is raising with
two high cards, and you're ahead already, with a heads up pot. It's just that low pocket-pairs are problematic playing post flop, because if you don't hit your set,
your most likely looking at a continuation bet with a bunch of overcards on the flop...
Yeah obviously if you know you're gonna get it all in every time you hit a set the implied odds are easier to estimate, and improve substantially.
The reason I said 20/1 stack to pot ratio is that you only flop the set 12% and then you maybe get it in 33% of those times, and even that is generous (but I was assuming a crazy table).
So if you're only flopping a set AND THEN getting it in 4% of the time you need to be deep enough to make it worthwhile when that happens.
And yeah of course sometimes you're ahead against 2 high cards. I'm assuming a fold when missing the set because the discussion was kind of centered around playing super tight and in a binary fashion against aggro opponents. But if you have a good read on the opponent (or good hand reading skills in general), and trust your post-flop play, there is more equity to be realized some of the times you miss the set.
Can't imagine limping with it in early position. I guess I could see sometimes raising with AJs. I just think it gets one in trouble more than you're going
to make money with it.
I see upswing says raise or fold with AJo. Maybe I need to re-evaluate.
Pretty much always opening AJs and usually AJo, even UTG.
Depending on ICM implications, stack size, reshove stacks behind you, etc. But as a general rule AJ is an open for me in EP. Never a limp.
I may even 4 bet over a 3 bet with AJs against a super liberal 3 bettor. But that's dependent on read and history.
I soemtimes even open ATs UTG if stacks are deep and 3 betting at the table is reasonably low. A9 and below in EP is junk in most cases.
there are two important considerations which influence whether to limp in from early
position. first point is how likely are you to be raised. if there is a good chance one
will be raised and thus likely to cause one to fold that hand; then limping in is not
optimal and much less desirable. the second point is how much action from loose players
is one likely to get (yours and your likely targets stacks are quite an important point
here too) if one gets a favorable flop. there is no one size fits all strategy for this,
but analyzing the table dynamics, stack sizes, the players tendencies, and etc
tend to help the observant player make good decisions.
position. first point is how likely are you to be raised. if there is a good chance one
will be raised and thus likely to cause one to fold that hand; then limping in is not
optimal and much less desirable. the second point is how much action from loose players
is one likely to get (yours and your likely targets stacks are quite an important point
here too) if one gets a favorable flop. there is no one size fits all strategy for this,
but analyzing the table dynamics, stack sizes, the players tendencies, and etc
tend to help the observant player make good decisions.
if one is going to play AJ off UTG in a 9 handed game then it
must be a soft game without a lot of preflop raising, people
playing aX that will pay you off when an ace flops, and most
importantly one must be know the players' tendencies real
well so one can make the big laydowns when you hit but are outflopped.
must be a soft game without a lot of preflop raising, people
playing aX that will pay you off when an ace flops, and most
importantly one must be know the players' tendencies real
well so one can make the big laydowns when you hit but are outflopped.
