Most poker players are familiar with the notion that you should never limp. Preflop limping occurs when a player enters the pot for the price of the big blind – without raising.
Many preflop limpers enter the pot from the SB when the action has been folded around. We call this play a SB complete. But preflop limping also happens from early positions. Players refer to this as an open-limp.
In almost all poker circles, raising preflop is considered stronger than limping. The reason for this is simple.
Raising gives us a way to pick up the pot preflop without seeing a flop.
Is it so straight-forward as saying “limping is always terrible” though?
Most elite players realise that the discussion is more complicated than denouncing every preflop limp as “bad”.
To learn more about nuances of limping before the flop and if this particular strategy has its merits in certain games and situations, be sure to visit the 888poker Magazine to read the full article.
