Having looked through NLHE:TaP I was rather surprised to read Sklansky bashing the “4xBB + 1 per limper” pre-flop raise. He said that using this to disguise your hand was “like cutting off your leg to cure your athlete’s foot”.

His alternative was pretty much to just raise whatever the fuck you felt like and just mix it up 20% of the time to keep the villains guessing. The following EP openers were also outlined:

Usually raise: QQ+, AK
Usually limp: 22-JJ, suited broadways, SC, Axs

MP & LP are almost identical to EP but with a few ‘promotions’ from fold to limp and limp to raise.

Call me nucking futs, but this sounds like a fast track to busto for a 100BB effective stack game. I know I’m very, very new to NLHE and as a result I honestly feel like I’m losing the plot, but I can’t see this working for anything with less than 250BB E.S.

Someone please help.