It is of course nowhere near your best strategy.
Statistics: Posted by Nashvegas — Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:17 pm
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kdiddy... I don't think Nash refers to high PPs and AK when he's talking about "folding the first 30 hands..."... Obviously, if you get pocket Aces 30 times in a row, you're gonna play em... He means like suited connectors, small PPs, AJ... Those kinda hands... Nash, if I'm wrong about this, sorry for steppin on your toes...
Statistics: Posted by MVPSPORTS — Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:08 pm
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Its so f'ing tempting to step in there and 3X BB raise when you had AK, AQ, AJ, queens, jacks, etc. and try to pick one up early when that ace or your kicker comes off on the flop.
Also, you CAN'T just auto fold kings and aces in the first 30 hands.
with small pairs, I will limp when:
There are 2-3 limpers ahead of me (I've found at low limits most of the time there won't be a big raise behind me, and if there is, I'll fold it up)
I'm in the SB and it was called around to me (also unlikely the BB will exercise his option to raise - and if its a min-raise, I will call it).
I will not limp when I have 22 - 66 in early position for Nash's statement of the obvious. Its a feel thing, if I don't feel like there will be a big raise behind me, I'll limp early on.
You have to allow yourself the "opportunity to be lucky" sometimes I think. Its the same old "no set no bet" trick.
Statistics: Posted by kdiddy33 — Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:21 am
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The biggest problems with playing marginal hands preflop:
(1) People might raise behind you. What do you do if you limp with 66 and there's a 3xBB raise, and then 2 people call the raise? If you fold there, then maybe your implied odds with the pocket pairs aren't as high as you think they are. If you call, then you're making too big of an investment.
(2) People play SNGs so badly (at least until the $100 level) that auto-folding your first 30 hands is superior to the way that the rest of your table plays the first 30 hands -- you actually are better off after 3 rounds of being blinded away than you were when you started! When you are in any doubt early in a SNG before the flop, fold. It also stops you from getting in difficult situations when you have 88, there's a low flop, and your opponent goes all in. Say there's a 25% chance he has an overpair and a 75% chance he has two overcards (about a 25% chance to beat you). There could be an overwhelming chance that you're well ahead, but it adds up to you being knocked out of the SNG 40-45% of the time, so you should probably fold. It's better to be in "easy" situations early in a SNG, so I recommend only playing premium hands unless you know your opponents very well and have good reads on how they like to play.
Statistics: Posted by Nashvegas — Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:57 am
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