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Old 19th July 2008, 08:33 PM
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If you are OOP, and theres not that many people in the hand, then most likely you have the best hand with a pair of aces alone. Limpers usually don't have an ace. And if someone did get an ace, they would either throw it away because the kicker is too low, or raise with a good kicker.

When playing OOP, you always want to make a feeler bet if you connect with the flop to see where you are at. This information will give you an indication of what there hands are. So say you have A 2 in the BB, 3 other people (2 limpers and SB) see the flop. It comes out A 6 J. SB checkes, and you bet. For all they know, you could have checked A J in the BB. Leading out and betting on the flop from the BB with no raises behind you always confuses people. If you do get some callers, play cautiously. You never know if they are calling you to take the pot, or if there on a draw, or have a better hand than you.

When you see the BB raise on the flop with no pre flop raises, you can never put him on an exact hand. You always have to have a range of hands to put them on. Then, as the board plays out, you get a feel of what they really have.

But be aware, that being OOP is both a advantage and disadvantage. You can bet before them, and if they wanted to bluff, you just took that away. But if you bet, and your faced with a re-raise, you have to make a really tough decision. So being OOP isn't all that bad, just not all that good either.
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