Re: KQo in EP
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or if you really can't decide, try randomizing it. maybe play only a black king and a red queen and fold the rest, maybe base it on time, every third KQo, or some randomization of your own design.
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What would that do for you? I can see the point if you call it 2/3rd and raise it 1/3rd. But with folding/calling it's just silly. You simply cut down 2/3rd of the hands you play, as if you had been dealt 27o magically 2/3rd of the time you get KQo. There's no variantion in play here, nor is there any deceptive value. Either you think it's +EV to play at the current table, or you don't. There's no point in flipping a coin to decide that. Now you could do this for raising/limping as it puts off your opponents as to what you're holding.
Yao gives this advice in his book for KQo (e/m/l):
first-in: limp;fold raise raise
limpers: call call;raise raise
raised fi: fold fold fold;reraise late
raised limp: x fold fold;call in loose
So according to him it's either a limp or a fold in early position, a raise in other first-in situations, and a fold against a raise. I usually limp it from early position on a typical loose table. Also note that KQs is much stronger. There he suggests a limp or raise in early position, and in most other cases a raise or a cold call (unless you're up against one single raiser)
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