Originally posted by Tim64
Hi guys, thanks for this.
Burek, can I just check I understand?
I would like to distinguish between 3 different situations:
1). Hero is in BB, holding A,A. He will raise when it is his turn. There is one limper in front of SB, and then SB completes. Does SB count as limper #2?, in which case, does Hero raise to 6BB? Or still only 5BB?
2.) Hero is in BB, holding A,A. There are no limpers in front of SB. SB completes. Does BB raise to 4BB or 5BB?
Also, in relation to your comment about raising with more hands than in the SHC when SB open completes, something occurs to me:
3.) If you are in SB and you have a good hand (A,A or K,K for example), should you complete in order to suggest weakness, in the hope that BB raises, when you can re-raise? The reason I ask this, is that if SB open raises, BB will almost certainly fold, I guess.
1.) According to articles SB counts as second limper and therefore you should raise to 6BB, that's also the way I play. I did notice some players raising 5BB when for example BU openlimps and SB limps, because they also raise weaker hands, since they both showed such a weakness. But in general 6BB it is...
2.) I raise 4BB, because it should be enough to make the villan fold with weaker hands and SB opencompleting is sign of weakness, so as I previously mentioned, this kind of raise is more like a steal for me. Another important thing is that you have position on SB after the flop, so you don't have to raise bigger for OOP.
3.) Not every player will raise many hands from BB when SB opencompletes, specially not passive fish on lower limits, so just raise your pocket rockets. Even if you raise, BB will usually think you're trying to steal his BB and will therefore give you more action by putting you on a weaker hand.
I hope I made at least some of it clearer.
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