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Message: [QUOTE="fundiver199, post: 7131468, member: 397965"] Great article. Som additional points to consider: [B]Chips are power[/B] Especially near the bubble or on the final table, do you want to play a big pot out of position against someone, who can bust you? Not really. So as the smaller stack a more defensive SB strategy including more limps and even walks are warrented. But on the flip side if you are the bigger stack, then its a great time to raise a lot of hands to apply pressure, and also continue that pressure postflop. [B]Adjust to individual opponents[/B] A polarized limp or raise strategy from SB is GTO strategy with an ante. But there are lots of opponents, where you dont need to play GTO. If BB is very passive and hardly ever raise preflop, you can limp any two cards from SB. On the other hand if you have a strong hand like AK, why limp and let him see a free flop, when he is hardly ever going to raise and allow you to limp then 3-bet? In other words raise a linear range against passive opponents and never give them a walk. [B]Antes matter[/B] Without an ante there is less chips to fight for, so you can fold more hands in SB, and its reasonable to use a raise or fold strategy especially with deep stacks, like the typical online cash game. It also matter, how large the ante is. If its only 0,2BB, you can almost ignore it and play a fold or raise strategy from SB. But if its 1,7BB, its kind of criminal to ever give BB a walk and let him pick up all those chips uncontested. [B]Raise bigger from SB than from any other seat[/B] Maybe you raise to something between 2-2,5BB from the other seats of the table, but if you raise this small from SB, you give BB to good a price to take position on you. So if you are going to raise, you need to size up to at least 3BB depending on the size of the ante. On the other hand if you face a SB limp, you dont need to make an enormous raise, as some players tend to do, because you have position postflop. [/QUOTE]

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