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Old 06-14-2005, 01:19 AM     Post subject: Is this a good guide. #1 (permalink)  
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Is this a good chart to go by. I consider myself a decent player a little passive at times but am realy looking to improving my game. Is this a good chart for which hands to play with position.
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Old 06-14-2005, 01:35 AM #2 (permalink)  
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not bad, id move all of the late position cards to mid position for my style, then put lower suited gappers and connectors in late position...and it depends on if this is for ring or tourney, and what level you are at in the tourny, your stack size, and how many people are at the table.

it looks like a pretty good guide until you get your own style down
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You have to get rid of the Kxs and the QXs in LP, those hands are major leaks. Pairs anywhere above 77 and possibly lower depending on table action.

Its too bad your chart doesnt tell you which hands to raise. You said you were passive so what good does a calling chart do? Consult the hands on the front page of FTR and even if you dont play NL, read SSH by sklansky and follow his charts. They pretty much work the same for both games they just need to be modified slightly.


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Old 06-14-2005, 11:41 PM #5 (permalink)  
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This is the guide from www.lowlimitholdem.com . It is an excellent guide if you know how to use it, and unfortunately the website doesnt do the best job of that. You must realize that this guide is intended for extremely loose low limit hold-em. What they don't tell you on the website is those hands in the late position part of the chart are NOT hands that you should play in late position! They are hands that you should play in late position if enough people have limped in before you. Ellipses-Jeff rightly says Qxs and Kxs should not be played in general. However, if you are CO or the button and see 4 or 5 people limp before you, you can profitably play these hands. To play the 'late position hands' that aren't on the other 2 parts of the chart, you really need to see 4 limpers Before you act. If there is a raise, you should fold. The chart is not a license to play crap. However, if you limp and there is a raise you must call ... you are getting better odds than your first bet.

A couple more points when using this guide. It works best at a very loose, passive table. If there is a lot of pre-flop raising, especially if it comes from late position, you need to play a little tighter. You don't want to limp your Kxs from middle position after 2 limpers and then have the button raise. If that happens 50% of the time or more, you need to be folding that hand. This guide is designed to flop monsters and you need to remember that in postflop play.

For beginners, one of the best things about this guide is it gives you a somewhat loose guideline that more than anything tells you what not to play. Don't play middlish 2 gappers even if suited. Don't play Ax if x is lower than 9. Don't play any 2 suited cards. And DO play tight as hell in early position.
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