Quote Originally Posted by EvIlK3Rn3L
Remembered Learning About A Program Called Pokerstove From FlopTurnRiver.Com, I Went To The Pokerstove Website And Got The Software, I Looked Up The Top 20% Of Hands, And Started Using This As The Basis Of My Pre Folop Bets
Be careful here - this is a bit dangerous. The Stove ranks the hands by comparing each to three specific "test hands." These comparisons use an "all-in preflop" evaluation to see which holds up better.

Here is an example that might illustrate the danger areas with the Stove. Broadway hands like KTo. These hold up reasonably well all-in preflop and are ranked ahead of suited connectors like 87s. But they are two very different hand types in ring games. With87s, you tend to win big pots or lose small ones. With KTo, it's the other way around.

IMO, the best way to think about "playing 20% of your hands" is this: Play 10% of your hands UTG. Play 25-30% from the button. Other positions fall in there in the obvious way, with maybe 15% of MP hands played. If that averages out to about 20%, you're probably gonna do well at microstakes. Playing the same 20% (even aggressively!) from all positions is a good way to be very average at NL10 and lower stakes.