Some basic situational questions

[jdiana86]

You just started an online MTT and are UTG. You get dealt KQo, what do?

You are in the early stages of a MTT and are on the cutoff. You are dealt 66, what do you do?

You are in the small blind in either a cash game or MTT and you get dealt Q5o, what do you do?

[Akverno]

Fold, Raise, if I'm getting better than 7:1 on the call I'm usually gonna limp in (as long as we're talking real early in a tournament).

[VeryMoonFunk]

First hand: sometimes I like to limp here and call up to 4x early in a tourney. If the blinds are substantial then I fold here.

Second hand: limp, fold to any raise. if you're in the cutoff and it's not raised before it gets to you, theres a good chance it won't be raised and you can see a flop for just one bet. Most of the time you will be outflopped since you are pretty much drawing to 2 outs, but the times you do catch one of those outs it will be worth it.

Third hand: complete if im getting good odds to call. otherwise fold.

[jdiana86]

Thanks for the responses fellas

[Zybomb]

1: Fold. You have a trouble hand UTG and you have no read on how the table is going to be playing. Blinds are also low and trivial at this point

2: Has it been folded around to you? If so open for a standard raise. If there are limpers in front, usually limp along sometimes raise

3: Has it been folded around to you? Is the BB tight? Does he see a lot of flops? Does he defend his BB a lot? What stage of the tournament is it? This all changes the answers. I will say that I used to complete a wide range of hands from the SB if I was getting 7:1 or 9:1... lately I've began folding all junk (ex Q5) regardless of the odds (unless its like 13:1 15:1)

If a cash game, and folded around I just chop If online fold some and raise some

Also realize that these questions r all situational so your answers r gunna change depending no how the table is playing your image your stack your opponents stack your opponents etc

[Talking Poker]

The fact that you are posting these questions, focusing on only your hole cards and your position at the table is worrysome. Stack sizes? Blinds? Action in front of you? Reads on players left to act? Your table image? The list goes on and on and on.

Of course, the fact that you have a serious gambling problem and are posting these questions is much more worrysom, but meh... some people insist on learning life the hard way.

[Kurn]

1. Easy fold.

2. In general with no reads on opponent, if folded to you, raise (unless one of the blinds is very aggro and a known defender). If limped to you, call, if raised, call only if you and the raiser have 15-20x the raise behind (otherwise you do not have implied odds).

3. In a cash game fold. In an MTT it depends on a multitude of factors. What point in the tourney? Your and BB's M? Profile of BB? Tourney structure (payout and speed)?

Two comments.

First I echo TP's concern. Second, when you ask about a situation and qualify "in a cash game or a MTT" it sounds like you think the two are analogous. They aren't. cash game and MTT are strategically two completely different games. For your question, the obvious answer is that the blinds are crap in a cash game. Winning them is irrelevant. In an MTT, depending on other factors, winning the blinds often becomes important.

Just because you're playing NLHE in both the cash game and the MTT does not mean you're playing the same game. You're not. In many cases, it isn't even close to being the same game from a tactical standpoint.

[Daomonk]

1. If a 1500 chip i fold KQo, if 3000 chip i limp KQ

2. I raise with 66 and better at the cutoff everytime if first to act. If limpers limp along. If raised i call if 3K and fold if 1500 unless there is at least one caller ahead of me.

3. fold Q5o