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Sometimes you can limp in with those 5-6 4-7 sort of hands. Some players like to raise with them. There's no point being hard line one way or another because I have seen and exeprienced high class players do both. It's their choice and it's yours.
What I want to discuss is the difference between limping with higher connecting cards and lower. Here's an example. You have Q-J suited in middle position. Blinds are 5000/10000 and you have 150,000 in chips at the final table. If you limp in and get raised what do you do? In order to get information you have to raise, which ends up being expensive or play a flop where you could be dominated. I saw this happen in a tournament a few years ago where a very good player limped in with that very hand of Q-J suited and got reraised by K-J. It could have been AJ, or the opponent could be taking the limp as weakness and raising with a worse hand. If you put the raise in to start with and get reraised you should know you are probably behind unless you have a good read on the sort of player you are against. To get information after limping, you have to reraise, which makes it much more expensive than just raising straight away. So it's cheaper, and you get more information, by raising first in the pot with higher connectors.
If you hit one of your big cards you know you could be in front. That's why I prefer raising with those trouble sort of hands like Q-J, Q-T, K-T, or K-J, if I am going to play them. With small connectors you know you have to hit pretty big to win the hand, otherwise you are no good. One pair is not enough. But with higher connectors you can hit one pair and be ahead. By raising you can fold out borderline hands which could be marginally better, and define both your opponent's hand, and your own hand in the eyes of your opponent.
The exception to this, is if you are the sort of player who just raises every hand. Then you have no idea where you are, because your opponent considers you to be a loose aggressive player, so you don't know if his reraise is because he is making a move on you, or because he has a hand. It is why I prefer to play tight and aggressive.
I will admit I tend to limp with KQ, along with those hands I mentioned, in the early stages of a tourney, when I'm running badly. I try to fight it, but sometimes I fail. It's very tempting when the blinds are relatively small to the stacks. Later on it can be a very expensive mistake.
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