Posted Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:04 pm GMT by rlb2252
Can a Limit Hold ‘Em player be a winner playing the top ten hands alone? (I’m assuming here that there is a consensus on what the top ten hands are.)
Do these premium hands come around frequently enough to prevent the blinds from eating such a player alive? In full ring? In six Max?
If no, why and what hands would one have to add?
I understand that when considerations of position are added to the equation a much more complex array of hands might be applicable. My question, I suppose, was meant in a much more general way, with an emphasis on hands that could be played from any position.
Thus far, I’ve personally lacked the discipline to play that tight. Although I think of myself as a relatively patient person, I think I would need to multi-table to even consider this type of strategy.
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Posted Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:33 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
You'd likely have to list those top 10, because it does get a bit fuzzy at the end of the range, but I think I can safely say that you absolutely have to play more hands than that at a 6-max game. Short-handed play requires a lot more aggression in late position, and defense against that aggression in the blinds.
In an observant full ring game, that range *probably* won't be enough since after a period of time, no one will play a hand with you when you finally enter a pot, unless they have you soundly beaten. At low limits against less observant opponents, it would be more profitable.
Posted Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:22 pm GMT by Sharpy
top ten hands..
AA
KK
QQ
AK suited
AQ suited
JJ
KQsuited
AJ suited
Ak os
1010
in a 6 hand table, you cant win only waiting for these hands.Once ppl see that you are only a big hand player.. they simply wont play any pots with you. Like said above, you must play position.
Posted Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:19 pm GMT by rlb2252
So apparently there is no consensus on the top ten hands. For whatever it’s worth, here is Phil Hellmuths top ten from his book, “Play Poker Like the Pros.”
AA
KK
QQ
AK
JJ
TT
99
88
AQ
77
He makes no mention of suits.
Later he mentions his list of “majority play” hands, which adds another ten starting hands that could be played under certain conditions and which brings suits into play.
Like some of you have said, I believe too that playing just these hands would be severely limiting.
Posted Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:17 pm GMT by cayouche
That's what I like about poker, and most particularly live poker, there's so much more than only the two cards you have in your hand.
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I think that playing those hands won't make you a loser, but won't necessarily make you a winner either (not by a lot anyway), generally.
Now there's many hands that will make you a loser. 27o, 28o, etc... you know, the hands that gives no possibilities. You don't play those hands.
The rest of them, marginal hands, those are the hands that will make you a winner. 89s, 79s, 9Js, etc. You must know when to play them and to fold them though.
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