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Why is limping bad at the microstakes?

Basically everyone seems to advice against limping in, and I do get the logic behind it (or at least I think). But currently my goal is to make a little bit of money at the microstakes and there it ...
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Decrease in utility playing in same stakes (I stop caring about the amount of winning after some time)

I am a new player, playing microstakes. I recently came across this problem. I started from the smallest blinds possible 0.01/0.02. I was a small winning player for a couple of days, then I started ...
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How to play against a fish when having straight

I was playing recently the following game in 6max (max buy-in: 50BB) against a player quite often limping in (fish): Preflop MP, CO and BTN folds SB: Fish (85BB) limps BB: Hero (50BB) checks with ...
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How to plan IP when having two pair?

I was playing the following game in NL2 6-max (max buy-in: 50BB): Preflop: MP: (50BB) limps CO: Hero (64BB): A♠2♥ raises 4BB SB: (175BB) calls MP folds Flop (10BB): A♥Q&...
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How to play AQ on flop against maniac?

I was playing the following hand on 2NL cash microstakes recently: Preflop MP1 (53BB VPIP 51% CB 75% FCB 60%) raises 3.5BB MP2 Hero (90BB) with A♠Q⋄ raises with raises to 10.5BB ...
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How to analyze why I am losing?

I recently started playing microstakes but it seems that I am consistently losing since the third day of my play (I was winning during the first two days). I was able to win first 2500 hands. I tried ...
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How to play a pair against a maniac?

I was playing against a maniac who was winning the pots by continuously reraising me (and another players) on flop and on the turn with nothing. Finally we had the following hand: We were playing 0....
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How to play top pair with flush draw on the flop?

I have recently joined to a new table .01/.02 so I have no stats regarding the players 4 players, every one has 50BB (maximum buy-in) I am on the button position with J♠T♥. Preflop: ...
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