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- From: leej@sgi.com (Lee Jones)
- Newsgroups: rec.gambling
- Subject: Re: Rank of Hold`em Pocket Cards
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 23:41:09 GMT
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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- In article <keith-171192143318@kip-16.taligent.com> keith@taligent.com (Keith Rollin) writes:
- >
- >I'm not sure that ranking the pocket cards is possible or feasible.
- >Position plays SUCH a large part of the game that you'd probably have to
- >generate a chart for each position, also taking into account the number of
- >folders, callers, and raisers before you. Also, because so many cards are
- >visible and common, bluffing and psychology as well as the tightness of the
- >game are significant factors.
- >
- >Personally, I don't think a "more accurate" chart would be useful. Malmuth
- >and Sklansky have given me what I needed with their table -- a rough
- >guideline of what can be played and when.
-
- Yeah - what he said.
-
- Recently a writer in Card Player described seeing Johnny Chan throw away
- pocket kings pre-flop when an opponent shoved a bunch of chips into the
- pot. The opponent then admitted (by showing his cards) that he had
- pocket one's. Obviously, Chan was operating on a level of understanding
- and opponent reading that is beyond most of us, but it hammers home the point
- that any ranking of hands is relative to a *whole* lot of things. Like
- Keith says, the chart gives you a good rough guide. Furthermore, the
- rest of that chapter gives a lot of information about how to apply the
- chart.
-
- For instance, if you have wired Jacks way in front, you raise hoping to
- limit the number of opponents. If you're on the button with them, and
- have 3-4 callers in front of you, typically you'd just call hoping to flop
- a set or at least an overpair.
-
- Regards, Lee
-