Quote Originally Posted by Renton
Quote Originally Posted by Jiggus
And the concept behind it is quite sound, and is ultimately intended for heavy-duty multi-tabling. When you're playing 4 or more tables at once, you don't have time to hem and haw over suited single-gappers.
NoctoZ's way of expressing his point was crass as hell, but it was a point nonetheless.

To say that if you play more than four tables you don't have time to play more than 10% of hands is absurd. I play 8-9 tables and play 16-18%. Gabe plays 9 tables and more than 22% of hands. We both play SC 's, SG's, unsuited connectors, and suited trash in position all the time.

Jiggus, you will eventually run into a wall as you move up in stakes if you don't play more than 10% of hands. If villain can narrow down your range to 19 possible hands or less, that gives him a huge advantage over you.

The 19 hands system is terrific against unaware/unobservant players though, which is what makes it so popular.
Dude, I'm seeing roughly 18% of the flops that I play. I take back what I said, 'cause you're right, but I won't take back that the basic strategy is sound.