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Hi Luceboy & Al,

Except KJo+ what would you include in your limp/call range against this type of LAGTard ?

Ty

Hi Luceboy & Al,

Except KJo+ what would you include in your limp/call range against this type of LAGTard ?

Ty

That is an excellent question. Even though I expect him to be raising my limp with a very large range of hands, I will still obviously require a hand that has some value in order to warrant calling OOP.

The kind of hands that I am looking to limp/call with are those that have post flop playability AND will give me a decent top pair. Against an very loose aggressive player OOP you are essentially almost playing hit-to-win poker where you will only continue after the flop if you have a decent pair or very strong draw. This essentially limits the range of hands down to those that have two cards ten or higher.

A hand like KJ or KQ is perfect, as when you hit a pair you will almost always have top pair with a strong kicker. This will make it easy to put chips in against this opponent. Contrast that to hand like T9o where you are more likely to hit middle pair in a hand where your opponent is likely going to fire large bets at you. This is not necessarily a bad thing if he is that loose, but will lead to problems when there are two overcards and he fires multiple barrels.

It is also important to consider the amount that he raises pre flop. If my hand was QTo, i am not sure that i would have called a raise of this size as the implied odds may not be great enough to warrant calling with a hand that weak. If he only raises to 90 then im going to call.

Mid-low strength pairs are some of the hardest hands to play against this opponent. The problem is that it is almost impossible to exercise any kind of pot control at any point against this guy.
This will mean that If Iimped a hand like 55, I would probably have to limp/fold. If you limp and he 6x's it then you're getting 1.4:1 immediate pot odds when you need around 7:1 in order to call hoping to hit a set. Even with the implied odds that you're getting from such a LAGTARD, this is probably a bad call.

That said, you can try and set the raise size yourself with a hand like 55. If I had that hand in this situation i would probably elect to raise it up to 90. If he reraises you pre then you throw it away. If he just calls and you dont hit a set then try a c-bet anyway.

You will often find there are two different types of LAGTARD. Some will attack "weakness" and some will just be plain crazy. Whatever type they are, they're particularly difficult to play OOP with a marginal hand so don't stress too much if they give you problems.

Thanks for your very instructive response Luce