Medium Pairs From The Blinds

[AshleyC 0]

At 6 max, how do you play medium pairs from the blinds after there's been a couple of limpers? Do you rasise for value and to take the lead, or check considering the fact that you'll have to play the hand out of position and will often see overcards flop. I tend to just check, is this too passive? Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (5 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cxPreflop: Hero is BB with 8:club:, 8:diamond:. UTG calls, Button calls, 1 fold, Hero checks.Flop: (3.50 SB) 6:heart:, K:club:, 9:spade: (4 players)Hero checks, UTG checks, Button checks.Turn: (1.75 BB) 2:diamond: (4 players)Hero bets, UTG calls, Button calls.River: (4.75 BB) 3:spade: (4 players)Hero bets, UTG folds, Button folds.Final Pot: 5.75 BBAlso how do you play similar hands 7s / 8s from late position after a couple of limpers, raise or call?

[screech 0]

I think you played this hand fine.Treat BB pocket pairs just as you would in a full game. 88 is borderline. I sometimes check, sometimes raise. I would always raise 99 in this situation.

[AlphaOmega 0]

How you play mid pairs in general relies a lot on the tendencies of your opponents. Against some you'll want to proceed with your pairs in spite of overcards, and against others it's probably best to just go ahead and muck them. It can also depend on board texture, where for example if an obvious draw is present you may be more inclined to show them down since the amount of raising/bluffing hands in your opponents hand range will increase.I check most mid pairs from the blinds, but I'll raise 88+ if it's an unopened pot with less than 3 limpers.

[AshleyC 0]

Pocket nines tend to be the crossover point between checking and raising. I agree with this.

[Absolute 0]

5 handed in the BB with 88 is an easy raiseyou dont think you have a boatload of equity over two limpers ranges?cmon

[Verdimme 0]

Im raising there too. Quoting SSHE...88 and 99 shine in situations when its 3 handed. Anyway its something like that. We all know SSHE is the bible, so oblige. -edit- Hmm the converter messed up? It says 4 players, but its 3, right? -edit-