Quote Originally Posted by Rondavu
.....You should be limping a little more preflop with unmade hands like KQ suited in mid position for example. Also, you should limp with a lot of connectors and small pairs. Call reasonable raises with your pocket pairs because you WILL take someone's stack with a set.
Don't gasp when I tell you this, but at a very loose full ring I will actually limp with AK unsuited if I'm not in late position with a lot of folded hands before me.
I don't know if you consider 50NL low limits, but this is the strategy I am using. I thought when I moved up from 25NL that there would be less fish and calling stations. Boy was I wrong. I limp in a lot more than I used to. With AK is used to bet 3 to 4xBB. Now I'll limp in with it a lot more. It has been much more profitable than betting it preflop and then missing the board.

I know this goes against the "normal" way to play, but I even limped high pocket pairs (QQ, JJ) in early to mid position. I understand your giving them a chance to draw to their garbage, but this play has also been more profitable for me.

The action I have seen on 50NL is usually 4 or 5 people in the pot with most of them on drawing hands. And the bulk of them are chasing to the river. A lot of them are playing things like K3s, Q5s, etc. from any position. If they even get a sniff of their suit there going to stay in the hand. If you see 3 of the same suit on the board, you can almost guarantee that someone has a flush.

So limping more preflop and being more agressive postflop has been a better play for me lately.