The Quick Guide to Playing Small Pairs
It can be tricky when your dealt a small pair pre-flop in Texas Holdem. By small pair I mean from pocket 2s up to pocket 6s. These aren't easy cards to fold but if you don't hit a set on the flop, they're very difficult to win with.
Here's a guide to maximising your pre-flop small pairs and I've found this is a decent strategy when playing Texas Holdem poker to maximise the potential of the cards whilst retaining a folding strategy to minimise any losses that small pairs can invariably lead to.
Fold pre-flop when there are more than 5 players left to act in the betting round. This includes the small and big blinds.
If you have less than 30 times the big blind left in your chip stack, fold. The odds aren't in your favour enough to play and put yourself short-stacked.
If you're in the last 3 positions, nobody has raised the pot and have less than 10 times the big blind value left to play with then you should go all in.
If you have more than 30 times the big blind then you shouldn't be putting in large raises. Depending on the players round the table, ie., if they're fairly loose, you may find a small raise in order but really in this case you should be trying to get to the flop for a little cost as possible and keeping as many players in the pot as possible. If you hit a set on the flop then you can maximise the pots value, if not, fold.
Remember, with a small pair, you have to hit a set on the flop or the odds are firmly stacked against you and folding is order of the day. However, if you make a set on the flop, don't slow play the betting round. Probably betting the value of the pot is about right. Slow playing at this stage will give you a smaller pot and will keep more players in the hand who will be trying to better your hand.
As with all Texas Holdem strategies, you must also take into account the players at the table. Hitting the set on the flop with a low pair might be ok but if the rock on the table is suddenly betting big, you'd better weight up what they might have and what you choices are in order to keep your chips!
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The Quick Guide to Playing Small Pairs
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These are the pocket pairs that most people have trouble with (garage door openers). They look great before the flop, but when the flop comes down with all those over-cards, your pair doesn’t look so attractive any more. What are you supposed to do?
From my experience, the only thing you are looking for with a small pocket pair is to hit a set (three of a kind) on the flop. If you don’t hit your set, be happy to let the hand go and move on. Trying to play a low pair with a bunch of over-cards on the flop is never fun, and it is likely to prove to be unprofitable for you just open folding doors of this game.
But wait there, is it profitable to play pocket pairs with the intention of dumping them when you don’t hit a set?
Yes, it’s very profitable to play this way. If you hit your set, there is a very good chance that you are going to take down a very healthy pot, as many players overlook the possibility of their opponent having such a strong hand. So if your opponent catches a decent hand like top pair or two pair, you can expect to get paid off handsomely a lot of the time.
It’s even profitable to call up to 5 or 6BB raises with a small pocket pair pet door to try and hit that set on the flop, simply because they pay off so handsomely when you do hit.
All you have to do to play small pocket pairs profitably is bet strongly when you hit your set and let the hand go when you don’t. It’s as simple as that.
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