[DavidC]

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Sevens are a clear raise. Same goes for JTs. I call with ATo. KJs is a clear raise.

Brad

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Shill, my head just exploded.

How the hell do we play the 77 hand post-flop after a raise?

Re: KJs, in my weaker moments I may call with this hand, but I'm 100% ready to raise it from now on, and I will,thanks. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I have a tendancy to raise ATO when:

-I have less than 6 or 7 limpers... if I have this many, I like to call.

-any of the limpers are tight with PFRs in the 6-7% range
(Edit: this would make me fold, not call).
-blind steal situations (duh, though I guess at a jackpot table you might want to call in some situations)

-I'm likely to get the button

-The blinds are likely to fold.

-I'm in late to late-middle position (otherwise I muck it)

Now, over the last 80k hands I've gotten this 739 times (small sample size for this particular hand), but I've managed to make 0.16bb/hand using this approach. This isn't filtered for blind situations, etc. Also, it's possible that a different approach would earn more.

A9o is slightly profitable for me, but A8o and under are in the red I think (some of them by a lot). This is a major leak of mine (ace-mid to ace-little unsuited).

The nasty part when you're playing something like A8o is that you're playing a hand with sometimes as little as three outs and it's really tough to figure out how to play it.

--Dave.

If you've already answered the 77 question to someone else, thanks. Ditto ATo. I've only got as far as your post so far.

--Dave.