johnfromvirginia
02-18-2005, 12:35 PM
On page 184, Harrington addresses pre-flop treatment of A7 and lower, suited and unsuited.
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Ace-seven suited I would play from fifth position on, with a mixture of 50 percent raises and 50 percent calls. Ace-seven unsuited I would play from sixth position on, with the same mixture of raises and calls.
The hands between ace-six and ace-deuce I would only play in late position, raising in all cases to steal the blinds. If the blinds have shown some toughness, however, I would just throw these hands away.
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He's clearly assigning a lower value to A-little than to A6 and A7. Without having done the math, I would think that A2-A5 would be at least as strong as A6 because of the possibility of flopping a fairly sneaky straight or straight draw--especially considering how weak A6 is anyway. If they're suited then you have the additional possibility of flopping a nut flush or flush draw. Any thoughts? I apologize in advance if this is the wrong forum for this post, but it didn't really seem like a tournament question.
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Ace-seven suited I would play from fifth position on, with a mixture of 50 percent raises and 50 percent calls. Ace-seven unsuited I would play from sixth position on, with the same mixture of raises and calls.
The hands between ace-six and ace-deuce I would only play in late position, raising in all cases to steal the blinds. If the blinds have shown some toughness, however, I would just throw these hands away.
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He's clearly assigning a lower value to A-little than to A6 and A7. Without having done the math, I would think that A2-A5 would be at least as strong as A6 because of the possibility of flopping a fairly sneaky straight or straight draw--especially considering how weak A6 is anyway. If they're suited then you have the additional possibility of flopping a nut flush or flush draw. Any thoughts? I apologize in advance if this is the wrong forum for this post, but it didn't really seem like a tournament question.