Limping with less than 10BB?

[TheHaversham]

While I agree with the reasoning stated above as to WHY certain players do this often, it's still rarely the "correct" play. However, for every hand and every play there is a situation. If I have a tight image at a table where I have not limped thus far and I suddenly do limp in early position with a very short stack (<15BBs), most keen players will put me on a fairly strong hand. Of course, for it to work with consistency, I also have to show the patience to also limp those big strong pre-flop hands in the same situation.

If you only ever limp short-stacked with AK & KK+, then there is actually room to pull off a kind of open-limp bluff with a hand like 45s, a small pair, a suited A, or even JTs. For it to work, however, you really need a few conditions in place. Look to the left to make sure there aren't any uber-aggro big-stacks licking their chops looking to KO the entire table. Also make sure there aren't any short stacks for which your limp might induce a chip-grab shove. What you're looking to have happen is to have as many other limpers fall in line behind you as possible, which is what you need to speculate with those kinds of hands.

[lorenz0wns]

While I agree with the reasoning stated above as to WHY certain players do this often, it's still rarely the "correct" play. However, for every hand and every play there is a situation. If I have a tight image at a table where I have not limped thus far and I suddenly do limp in early position with a very short stack (<15BBs), most keen players will put me on a fairly strong hand. Of course, for it to work with consistency, I also have to show the patience to also limp those big strong pre-flop hands in the same situation.

If you only ever limp short-stacked with AK & KK+, then there is actually room to pull off a kind of open-limp bluff with a hand like 45s, a small pair, a suited A, or even JTs. For it to work, however, you really need a few conditions in place. Look to the left to make sure there aren't any uber-aggro big-stacks licking their chops looking to KO the entire table. Also make sure there aren't any short stacks for which your limp might induce a chip-grab shove. What you're looking to have happen is to have as many other limpers fall in line behind you as possible, which is what you need to speculate with those kinds of hands.

imo it doesn't matter what image u have on the table because generally most ppl in a freeroll don't care/pay attention.