Starting Hands - Part I
News: 28/06/2008
One of the most important decisions to make in the game of poker is when to play or less a hand. This decision should not be dictated by a spirit of chance, but must be weighted according to clearly defined criteria. Close our point on the flop only to find that we have only the second best hand at the showdown could cost a lot of chips and undermine our tournament.
This is the main risk in playing poor starting hands and the wrong position. So, first of all, we should only play the best possible hands. David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth, co-authors of bestseller Hold Em Poker Hold Em Poker and Advance, were the first to catalog the starting hands of 'Hold Em, creating several categories to divide the various combinations of cards.
This is an excellent starting to make it easier to decide which hands to play. Obviously, the reading of the texts mentioned above is highly recommended in order to talk to the concepts we're talking about.
this catalog are designed for Limit Hold Em With a few adjustments are as valid for the variant of 'Hold Em longer practiced today: No Limit. Some hands can be more profitable than indicated in the original table for a discourse of implied odds, of course, must be totally left out in Limit Hold Em, but it is vitally important in No Limit. To demonstrate this, we see how the same Sklansky takes these concepts in the book written by Miller, No Limit Hold Em For Advanced Players.
So here we analyze the first 3 groups of hands: 0, 1 and 2.
Group 0: AA KK.
They are the best starting hands in absolute and have been enclosed in their own unique category. These two hands, as mentioned, are the best and have the highest percentage of winning over all other hands that can happen in the hands of your opponents. With these hands you can safely go all in preflop with the certainty of favorites from all (AA) or almost (KK) the hands that will call you. Of course, apart from certain conditions of short stack, the 'all in preflop is not the best way they play, nor in the tournament nor the cash game. Most of the time we would get a fold overall and winning only small and big blind. And that's not what we want.
is strongly discouraged, in addition, slowplay these two hands in any position, nurturing the hope of pulling in many players. These hands play well in dishes are not overcrowded, and in 3 (+) handed pots lose much power and it can cost the entire stack with much more frequency than you think. Slowplay nothing, then, which means that these two hands will raise. How much? Depends on our position, the number of players in the pot and, more generally, the table style of play (tight, loose).
general revival of 3BB + 1BB for each limper this nel piatto. Ricordiamoci che non vogliamo 5 giocatori al flop !Se il piatto è già stato rilanciato, noi 3betteremo (faremo un reraise al raiser originale) a circa 3 / 3,5 X il raise originale. Su un piatto già 3bettato, possiamo tranquillamente prendere in considerazione l’ipotesi di andare all in (se siamo tutti molto, e dico molto, deep, allora possiamo 4bettare in attesa che l’oppo si committi da solo, per poi prendere in considerazione l’ all in).
Gruppo 1: QQ; JJ; AK suited
Rigorosamente nell’ ordine, queste sono le successive mani in ordine di forza. Rilanceremo certamente queste mani, e chiameremo i rilanci degli avversari; capiterà in determinate situazioni di 3bettare preflop against certain opponents (remember to vary our game otherwise become visible as open books). We can also consider, for a last resort, the fold in some spots where we have a good chance of being beaten. For example, with JJ preflop in a flat 4 betta and the word that comes to us, we can safely throw your hand make sure that someone with a hand that dominates us has already entered the pot.
Group 2: TT, AK, AQ suited, AJ suited, KQ suited
KQ suited AK off and are placed in the same category (considered, however, that the hands are always written in order of strength). This is not always valid. Consider it a good indication when you are in late position but underestimated KQsuited relayed to play in dishes throughout the hand out of position (for example, from the small blind). AK suited playing off much better in scenarios of No Limit Hold Em, or that AQs AJs.
again raise with hands in Group 2 on the basis of 'action at the table had, to our position and playing style of opponents. Our raises are a bit 'lower from early position. We must move with caution with re-raise with this group of hands-raise only very loose players whose range we raise to be very large, however, always with the benefit of the position.
These are the top 10 starting hands that you should play every position.
soon with Groups 3 and 4.
