Small Stakes Hold 'Em
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- Playable Hands (Walker)
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pocket pairs: >77, >55 from late
offsuit: AK, AQ, AJ, KQ
suited: >JT, K9s from late
Ax: suited only, lower from late, no A6, no A9 - Multiway Pots
- The frequency of multiway pots indicates that your opponents play many unprofitable hands
- Three Hand Types
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Top Pair Hands:(AJo) better against few opponents, but benefit from "dead money" multiway.
Speculative Hands:(44, 87s) better in multiway pots cheaply, but strong suited connectors can pay 2 bets. (never 3 or more)
Powerhouse Hands: (KK, AKs) play well against many or few opponents. - Dominated Hands
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In short-handed pot, best pair wins => dominated hands lose money
but, multiway ability to make straights and flushes is valuable (QJs>KJs in raised pot) - Suited Hands
- Against 6 or more opponents, expect one or more suited hands
- Costly Errors
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1)Playing weak hands out of position - avoid marginal hands in early position
2)Cold calling raises with mediocre and dominated hands - play extremely tight with raise in front of you - Monster Pocket Pairs
- (AA,KK)raise and reraise, no matter what the action
- Big Pocket Pairs
- (QQ, JJ, TT)raise from any position if not yet raised, reraise one raise only
- Medium Pairs
- (99,88,77) two or three-handed against weak opponents or five or more opponents. limp from early, fold against raise unless at least three or more will be in pot
- Small Pairs
- (66-22) LOOSE/AGGRESSIVE GAME: cheap flop, at most two bets and five or more players
- Big Suited Broadway
- (AKs,AJs,AQs,KQs,KJs) raise unraised pot (if tight, limp). if raised, who is raiser/position? call against loose raiser or many in pot
- Little Suited Broadway
- (QJs,KTs,QTs,JTs) better multiway. limp in unrasied pot. raise from late position. call raise only if multiway
- Suited Aces
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(A9s, A8s, A7s, A6s, A5s, A4s, A3s, A2s) LOOSE/PASSIVE GAME => any position if unraised
NO COLD CALL IN SHORT-HANDED POTS - Suited Kings
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(K9s, K8s, K7s, K6s, K5s, K4s, K3s, K2s) LOOSE/PASSIVE GAME => limp w/ K9s, ON BUTTON => call with 2/3 weak players in front
NO COLD CALL RAISE EVER - Suited Connectors
- no-gap better than 54s (up to T9s), one-gap better than 64s (up to J9s), two-gap better than 96s (up to Q9s). LOOSE/PASSIVE GAME ONLY = see flop for one bet, free card on flop
- Junk Suited Hands
- DO NOT PLAY
- Big Offsuit Broadway
- (AK, AQ, AJ, KQ) open from any position, raise if unraised; if raised, WHO IS THE RAISER? fold if raised in front, but reraise with AKo, if weak raiser, re-raise with AQ, if wild raiser, reraise with AJ and KQ
- Little Offsuit Broadway
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(AT, KJ, QJ, KT, QT, JT) WHO HAS LIMPED? call if weak, fold if strong
LOOSE GAMES => play AT, KJ early/middle, raise from button short-handed
NEVER COLD CALL RAISE - Junk Offsuit
- NEVER PLAY, NEVER! including all A9o and less