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I wouldn't count on flopping two-pair as to determining pre-flop play. Everyone else in the hand (except for players with pocket pairs) has basically the same chance to flop two-pair as you do. I see what you're getting at though - as the pot becomes more multiway it pays to loosen up and play more speculative hands - can we quantify this mathmatically? What sort of odds do I need to start playing mid range suited one gappers? and similar questions.

I don't know the answer, but I think finding the exact standard of loosening up to include marginal hands with lots of limpers also has a marginal EV.

Also, for the specific above question.. I recommend reading the pre-flop section of SSH [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]