Winning Texas Hold'em

[TheMaroon]

Actually Mason your memory is not quite right. In a thread about me you came out of nowhere and mentioned that my book was "not very good". You gave no specifics, so I asked for some. I didn't just start a thread asking you for a product review.

Then, as Matros pointed out, you criticized me for doing the same thing, even though I at least said what about your book was incorrect, just not why.

And toast, I'm ok with open limping only in very loose games, just not with what the 2+2 books would refer to as group 1 hands. In games loose enough for that you don't need to limp with any great hands for deception, people aren't paying attention anyway and even if they were they'd still call with crap. Loose games are usually comprised of a mix of players, some of whom are so oblivious they wouldn't see your hand if you flipped it face up, and the rest of whom just want to gamble and wouldn't care.

If you're in a game that loose and are open limping, you're doing it with enough suited connectors and small pairs that any flop could have hit you, that's all the deception you need. Deception is useless in those games, the EV you lose by not getting extra bets in preflop when you have aces isn't worth it.