Hand.....................BB lost/hand....................VP$IP
A3s.........................-1.29.............................92.31%
22............................-1.19.............................68.25%
66............................-1.18.............................78.95%
A4s.........................-1.13.............................80.00%
TT............................-0.95............................100.00%
KQo.........................-0.77.............................88.10%
K8s..........................-0.57.............................28.57%
K9s..........................-0.40.............................25.00%
AJo..........................-0.30.............................97.06%
A8o..........................-0.30.............................56.25%
97s...........................-0.29.............................41.67%
87s...........................-0.28.............................26.67%
Analysis:
A4s, A3s:
I'm REALLY overplaying suited aces. I'm chasing nut flushes and losing money when I miss. I think I'm also overplaying TPWK with suited aces if an ace flops. Basically, if you're not flopping a 4-flush, 4-straight, 2 pair or better, I need to let these hands go on the flop rather than send good bets in in a -EV situation.
Middle to Small Pairs (TT, 66, 22):
66 and 22 should be folds for me from EP, and even when I can get away with limping with them, they should likely be a set-it-or-forget-it proposition. To me, TT and JJ are the most vulnerable of the premium hands in holdem. Some players will play offsuit paint, some will play any king or any ace, and with JJ or TT, you're likely beat when an overcard hits the flop.
Offsuit Broadways (KQo, AJo);
Repeat after me (not that you all need to): These hands suck. These hands suck. AJo is the beer-goggled babe of poker--she looks real good at first, then you wake up and realize she wasn't all she was cracked up to be--and, mysteriously with a lighter wallet. These are NOT premium hands. To think that I'm VP$IP'ing at 97.06% and PFR'ing at 85.29% with AJo is amazing. Many players who would call such a raise already have you beaten, unless the deck hits you in the mouth on the flop. AJo should be a limping hand, unless you're in an unraised pot in LP and you're sure a raise would win you the pot right then and there. And KQo? Sucks. Bad. So why do I play it 88.10% of the time? I can tell you, they're all limps (except 2 raises--ugh), and it's me flopping a K or Q and muppeting the damn thing down to the river.
Suited Kings (K9s, K8s):
Same crap. I threw a bet in trying to flop a flush. What is it that Sklansky and Miller say about the possibility of making your hand and still losing. Oh, that's right. DON"T!
A8o:
Another junk hand. I only play it from LP or MP, and that's too much. I should likely tighten that up to ATo or better.
Suited Connectors:
The hands I hate the most in all of poker. The kind of hands you should look to hit big or get out. I never played these until I'd see all these muppets hitting them huge on me. Then, I realized that I can't play like a muppet so they suck for me. They're the least shitty of the above hands, so I'll play them in LP (limping) just to screw with table psyche. The key with suited connectors is to either hit with them or toss them. Solid advice.
[/b]Statistics: Posted by Tiburon — Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:25 pm
]]>