Full House
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Following the Herd to 6-Max Land
Posts: 1,240
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Well, I have not heard about this 19 hands business, but I would hazard a guess that these are the 13 pocket pairs plus the 6 Broadway combinations. However, I would not just stick with this. Sure, as a beginner you are looking to minimise the number of hands you play and generally try and stick to playing the top-end cards to maximise your chances of winning and minimise your chances of losing.
The big problem is that I could type all day about different situations where I would do something entirely different. It all depends (and not in any specific order) on;
The texture of the table in general
The position on the table of the TAggs and the LAggs
The number of players left
The size of my stack
The size of everyone else’s stacks
The size of the blinds
My position
The general raise would be 3-4xBB plus one additional BB for every limper already in the pot. i.e. If I am first to enter a pot and am doing so with a raise, I will go for 3-4 x BB. If I am the 2nd or 3rd to enter the pot and the people before me have both limped, I will raise to 5-6xBB.
However, if we take those 19 hands as a guideline;
Early Position
I am limping pp’s up to, and sometimes possibly including, JJ.
QQ-AA is a raise and, if faced with a raise, KK and AA are a re-raise to me. QQ are a call or raise, depending on reads
I will call a small raise with pp’s and look to hit a set, but will not become too attached to my pp.
I can take or leave AJ and I will probably fold KJ, KQ and QJ. I will almost certainly fold these hands to a raise.
AK and AQ are probably raises but I would only call a raise with these hands.
Middle Position
I am still limping pp’s, but am looking to raise if I am first into the pot with anything down to about 99 now.
QQ – AA are all raise and re-raise hands.
AJ and KQ are probably now raising hands, certainly callable, but would still probably fold to an EP raise.
Late Position
Again, all dependant on the action in front of you, but if it is folded to you in LP, all those 19 hands are pretty much raisable.
That is just my general overview and there is far more I could put. My advice would be just to read up (books and on here) and play. Post your HH’s on here and ask questions. People are more than willing to help you out. Don’t be afraid to ask because that is how you learn.
Good luck and welcome to FTR!
– Staresy
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