Quote Originally Posted by Fnord
Quote Originally Posted by Bmxicle
You need a very specific read to even call this limp raise. Even then when i do have that read on someone i will likely be pushing allin preflop on him.
I think pre-flop poker in this spot sucks. We have position and there are a lot of flops where I can make a routine fold.
From my experience (there are always exceptions) a limp raise means one of two things. From a tight player it is almost always AA or KK. From a fish it is generally a pocket pair 22-AA that they want to gamble with. So if i have that read that he wants to gamble with a lower pocket pair then i would want to get all my money in preflop because as you said there are alot of flops where you can just make a routine fold to his continuation bet.

I just do not see any type of player, except very tricky ones, limp raising Ak, AQ etc. Can you tell me your read on table coach? what kind of a player was he?