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05-23-2006, 06:51 PM
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Re: Learning to play poker (LONG)
A fine post Cosimo!
One question, something that seems a bit contradictory. You'll raise KQo in EP, but not AJo??? [ QUOTE ] I don't play AJo in EP. It's too easily dominated. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I've been raising KQo in EP for a while. [/ QUOTE ] Yes you said KQo depends on the table, but that hand will be dominated much more often the AJo. 
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#12
05-24-2006, 05:09 AM
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Re: Learning to play poker (LONG)
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A fine post Cosimo! One question, something that seems a bit contradictory. You'll raise KQo in EP, but not AJo??? [ QUOTE ] I don't play AJo in EP. It's too easily dominated. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I've been raising KQo in EP for a while. [/ QUOTE ] Yes you said KQo depends on the table, but that hand will be dominated much more often the AJo. [/ QUOTE ] This simply cannot be true. Three hands dominate AJ: AA, AK, AQ and two dominate KQ: KA, KK. You mean KQ starts from behind more often.
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#13
05-24-2006, 05:15 AM
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Re: Learning to play poker (LONG)
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His post is correct to a certain extent. However, his emphasis on preflop is a little much. [..] That's not to say that preflop play is a completely solved problem, but I'd say it's a lot closer than any post flop play, AND it's by far the easiest to teach a new player. [/ QUOTE ] Because it probably is the easiest part to learn, pre-flop discussion is a great opener for any series (and I sure hope to see some "continuation posts" from the OP). Furthermore, if your pre-flop play is bad there's little chance you'll be able to recover post-flop. I believe that even a perfect post-flop player will find it hard to make a losing hand make him money when thrown into the game post-flop. And as mentioned in SSHE: While pre-flop mistakes usually aren't expensive, you get the chance to make them far more often. This can add up to a nasty sum.
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#14
05-24-2006, 05:17 AM
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Re: Learning to play poker (LONG)
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[ QUOTE ] A fine post Cosimo! One question, something that seems a bit contradictory. You'll raise KQo in EP, but not AJo??? [ QUOTE ] I don't play AJo in EP. It's too easily dominated. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I've been raising KQo in EP for a while. [/ QUOTE ] Yes you said KQo depends on the table, but that hand will be dominated much more often the AJo. [/ QUOTE ] This simply cannot be true. Three hands dominate AJ: AA, AK, AQ and two dominate KQ: KA, KK. You mean KQ starts from behind more often. [/ QUOTE ] AJ is dominated by AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK and AQ. KQ is dominated by AA, KK, QQ, AK, and AQ.
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#15
05-24-2006, 05:27 AM
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Re: Learning to play poker (LONG)
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A fine post Cosimo! One question, something that seems a bit contradictory. You'll raise KQo in EP, but not AJo??? [ QUOTE ] I don't play AJo in EP. It's too easily dominated. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I've been raising KQo in EP for a while. [/ QUOTE ] Yes you said KQo depends on the table, but that hand will be dominated much more often the AJo. [/ QUOTE ] The only reason why I'm more weary of AJo than KQo is that people love to play Axs and A-rag so much in the limits I play in. So reverse domination is a real danger. A raise from EP should theoretically take care of that, but theories don't meet the micro limits all that often.
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