[Buzz]

Hi Grandma - Two things.

(1) There is a big difference in hands containing a suited ace-trey.
A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] is a much stronger hand than A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].

And A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] is a stronger hand than A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].

You need to somehow account for the other cards in the hand, not just the suited ace-trey combination.

(2) There is a big difference in the way individuals play. Some raise before the flop with better hands than A3sXY while others raise before the flop with worse hands.

Do you really want to be folding A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] to a raise from someone raising with 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]?

You need to somehow account for differences in the way your opponents play.

Recognizing there is a difference in the way you play suited-ace-trey-X-Y hands under different circumstances is a good start.

The next step is a bigger one. (Probably better if you think of it as two steps). You will improve your play if you neither lump all suited-ace-three-X-Y hands together nor lump all opponents making pre-flop raises together.

Buzz