Most of us know that open-limping before the flop in no-limit hold'em is generally not a move made by knowledgeable players, although there can be exceptions.
But do we see players limp sometimes, even in higher buy-in tournaments. This week's hand — coming from early in a $5,000 buy-in event — features just such a situation.
The blinds were 50/100, with the effective stacks close to 30,000. In fact it was early enough in the event that the table was short-handed as players were still arriving.
In the hand a couple of early position players folded, and the action was on a 40-year-old player on the button who just called.