Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $0.50/$1
8 players
Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is CO with
![The Queen of Diamonds [Qd]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Qd.gif)
![The Ten of Diamonds [Td]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Td.gif)
3 folds, MP2 calls, Hero raises, 2 folds, BB calls, MP2 calls.
Flop:
![The Six of Diamonds [6d]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/6d.gif)
![The King of Spades [Ks]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/Ks.gif)
![The Four of Diamonds [4d]](https://pofex.com/images/smilies/4d.gif)
BB checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets, 2 folds.
Uncalled bets: 1SB returned to Hero.
Results:
Final pot: 3.25BB
Hero mucks Qd 10d
This strategy seems to work fairly well for me - raising in LP if there is only one limper so far and you think you'd be able to steal the blinds if there were no limpers. In the example, I didn't expect the BB to call, but it still worked out anyway.
I often would do this with ANY two cards - raising to shut out the blinds, and bet when it's checked around to me on the flop. The lone limper would fold most of the times - as it should because he wasn't interested enough w/his hand to raise it in the first place.
If he donkbets on the flop, then I would have to figure he probably hit something. I'd call and if he leads out on the turn, I'd fold. This would cost me 3 small bets total.
But this strategy if it works, yields me a profit of 4 small bets, and works most of the time w/right table conditions (ie: blinds are prone to folding to a raise, and only one limper).
Thoughts?