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Limp Raise (Poker)
The limp raise is a deceptive play in poker and describes a situation where a player limps into a pot and when a player in later position raises, the player who limped, re-raises (hence why it's called the limp-raise).
Players will often use this play when they have a very strong starting hand like AA or KK, particularly when they have aggressive players at the table. The problem with the play is that you introduce an amount of risk that you wouldn't have if you had raised with the hand. You may price players into the pot, especially if there are enough players who called the bet initially.
Deception plays an important part of any poker game. You want your opponents to think your weak when you are strong and think you are strong when you are weak. By limping into a pot, your opponents will think you are weak (as you didn't raise).
Where you can get yourself into trouble is by limping, you may get a number of other hands in the pot, that would have folded to a raise. Your subsequent re-raise must be enough to limit the field to one or two players, to make the play worthwhile.
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