Why you don't limp with monsters

[Aplomado]

--- Hand #1,521,193,678 starts. ---
CLG1 posts small blind: $25.
Aplomado posts big blind: $50.
Dealing pocket cards: [2h, 8c]
SCOTTY7WINN folds.
jonnyb246 folds.
P_A_U_L_Y folds.
kuffe86 folds.
guttersponge folds.
Sabretoothe bets $150.
Car a carn folds.
crcalvo calls $150.
CLG1 folds.
Aplomado folds.
Dealing Flop: [2c, 8d, 10h].

[Cpaz]

Amen. I've seen an awful lot of this lately too. Not only do they limp but slow play all the way to the river. It's funny when they cuss you out for staying in with your 74o from the BB. Thank goodness we have these players in the game.

[gabe]

i can think of reasons to limp with monsters

[Cpaz]

i can think of reasons to limp with monsters

I suppose when you know there is an aggressive player after you who will call. That's a good spot. What else Gabe? Just curious. My attempts at limping these hands unless I know I'm going to get a reraise generally turn out bad.

[Aplomado]

i can think of reasons to limp with monsters

Obviously. But not at this stage with this many players.

[Cpaz]

This just happend so I had to post a reply here.

Case in point. This guy is still bitchin' at me. :P

***** Hand History for Game 3105273413 *****
50/100 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 17777538) - Sun Nov 27 17:07:13 EST 2005
Table Table 67070 (Real Money) -- Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: DangerMan452 (2530)
Seat 2: Bronk888 (810)
Seat 4: Boca123 (805)
Seat 6: PazzMan (535)
Seat 7: Chuckuduck (1160)
Seat 8: Wireless_1 (635)
Seat 9: willet (515)
Seat 10: mpkow (1010)
Boca123 posts small blind (25)
PazzMan posts big blind (50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PazzMan [ Qs, Kd ]
Chuckuduck folds.
Wireless_1 folds.
willet folds.
mpkow folds.
DangerMan452 folds.
Bronk888 calls (50)
Boca123 calls (25)
PazzMan raises (485) to 535
PazzMan is all-In.
Bronk888 raises (760) to 810
Bronk888 is all-In.
Boca123 folds.
Creating Main Pot with $1120 with PazzMan
Creating Side Pot 1 with $275 with Bronk888
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9h, Kh, 4c ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6s ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Qh ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1120 | Side Pot 1: 275
Board: [ 9h Kh 4c 6s Qh ]
DangerMan452 balance 2530, didn't bet (folded)
Bronk888 balance 275, bet 810, collected 275, lost -535 [ Ac Ah ] [ a pair of aces -- Ac,Ah,Kh,Qh,9h ]
Boca123 balance 755, lost 50 (folded)
PazzMan balance 1120, bet 535, collected 1120, net +585 [ Qs Kd ] [ two pairs, kings and queens -- Kd,Kh,Qs,Qh,9h ]
Chuckuduck balance 1160, didn't bet (folded)
Wireless_1 balance 635, didn't bet (folded)
willet balance 515, didn't bet (folded)
mpkow balance 1010, didn't bet (folded)

[Aplomado]

Actually this would be a situation where he was wise to limp with a monster, assuming he did this because of a read. He limped and you went all-in with a far worse hand. You just got lucky on the river. Very lucky.

[Cpaz]

I know I got lucky believe me. I normally never play kq because they kill me but the weak bets before me gave me an opportunity to try to pick up a quick 100 in chips. I lost my original chips to a bad beat so it's not like my image was loose.

[zenbitz]

I got hammered by a limped KK today.
Not going to dig up the history, but I had a big stack early hitting a couple boards hard. I get JJ in the SB (25/50 blinds). UTG limps, 1-2 other limpers. I just complete, because I had been pretty aggro, and I felt a raise might be percieved as a steal.

Dream flop like 245. I bet pot (most of UTGs stack) he pushes, I call the balance... KK.