A totally inapplicable hold'em situation...

[Sooga]

If you were somehow blessed with the ability to see all of your opponents' hole cards preflop, how would your preflop strategy change? I would think that you would still raise with your really good hands, but I'm not sure what you would do with really marginal to crap hands. Should you limp, knowing that you can outplay (since you know everyone's cards) everyone postflop? Should you raise, since knowing that you can outplay everyone, you want a bigger pot? Or should you just fold them anyway, since a crappy hand is a crappy hand?

[SoBeDude]

That is a most impressive and insighful question to ask.

...and I have the perfect answer:

Read the Theory of Poker by David Sklansky.

The main premise of that entire book is your VERY question!

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-Scott

[Sooga]

Hrm... I've bought 'inside the poker mind' and HPFAP already, but I have yet to get TOP, despite all the good reviews. I'll definitely order that .... oh hell, I'll do it right now (yay internet!)

[SoBeDude]

.... oh hell, I'll do it right now (yay internet!)

smart man. its a valuable book for your poker library.

I've just completed my first pass through the book myself.

and I think I've absorbed about 2%. great book. lots of very strong concepts. I started read #2 last night.

I hope you enjoy it!

-Scott