Middling hands with a medium stack in the middle stages of an MTT

[DaveShoelace]

Morning chaps. I've pretty much had a year off from playing poker and last night made my return to the tables and I played pretty awful. The title of this thread sums up what the problem was. I'm probably going to post a few hands/scenarios of that kind ITT.

So to get us started.

Middle stages of an MTT, antes have just come in. You have 26bbs, average is about 40bbs. A weak tight player with 19bb limps UTG. It is folded to you in the cutoff. There is a loose passive big stack on the button and two TAG short stacks in the blinds.

You have a very tight image.

What is your range for making an isolation raise here?
Are there any hands you limp along here?

No wrong answers, just trying to get my mind back into thinking about these things.

[cambridgealex]

Since you have quite a short stack I'd be unlikely to get too out of line by isolating too wide. I might still isolate T9s as probably the worst hand, 55+, all suited aces and AT+, KJo, QTs that sort of thing - raising 2.5bbs since that's enough to "get the job done", anymore is a bit of a waste of our value 26 big blinds.

I doubt I'd limp along with anything.

[pleno1]

Limp range - 22-66
Raising range - 77+. 910s+. J10o+. A8s+

[TL900]

Limp range - 22-66
Raising range - 77+. 910s+. J10o+. A8s+

might take some of the unsuited bad broadways out but this looks fine

[youthnkzR]

Limp range - 22-66
Raising range - 77+. 910s+. J10o+. A8s+

this... probably isoing slightly wider also

[DaveShoelace]

Thanks chaps.

Next question.

Same deal, 26bbs, antes are in effect. TAG raises to 2.2x from middle position, loose passive SB calls, both have about 35bbs, we are in the BB.

What is our squeezing range?

What is our calling range?

[pleno1]

hm, maybe not having a flatting range is good and all hands you'd maybe argue for calling you could actually jam. maybe flat aa