[Alexost]

Thanks for all the replies people, and from many countries! I really appreciate it. I have devoured about 6 books on Hold'em and developed a beginning strategy to play premium hands aggressively from any position, and some less premium hands that have strong possibilities in later position and the blinds. All of this of course, depending on the composition of the flop.

I have read about discounting outs, and am working on incorporating this into my strategy. One thing I'm confused about is whether discounting outs is done in conjunction with- or separate from simply trying to put a player on a hand or range of hands. I suppose you do both at the same time, but separately, in attempt to figure out the best strategy.

Maybe it can be said that outs are used to adjust probabilities when figuring out pot odds to call, etc., and putting people on hands is a separate part of poker strategy, to help decide the best possible move.