4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Eric:
Good reminder that he's writing for specific tournament situations only. I've been playing cash games only for a few months, so the conservative pre-flop strategy definitely strikes me a bit funny. Trying to get into a tourney mindset, I'm still surprised at a few things in Harrington's pre-flop strategy... limping AA-QQ from EP as often as 20% of the time seems terrible. And increasing this percentage in LP even worse! Your raising range is wider in LP and that alone should provide plenty of cover for when you actually do have a premium hand. I also think he's a little too conservative calling pre-flop raises with low PPs and suited connectors, but you're right to emphasize that the situation is MP behind an UTG raise, which brings the sandwich effect into play and calls for some caution. If my stack size was big relative to the blinds (M>30?) I'd definitely be less conservative in this spot. I would have liked to see him address the scenario when you're on the button facing a pre-flop raise from MP and one caller. I'm curious if he's playing PPs and suited connectors here...
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