hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
 

In hand 5 in his book "How good is your Limit Holdem?" Jacobs asks this question:

If u are first in on the button, which hand do u prefer:

1) A8o
2) QJo

This was easy for me, but when I looked at the answer he totally disagreed. I was just about to mail him telling him he did a serious misstake but before that I looked in Pokertracker at my last 170K hands to see just how big misstake it was. To my surprise he was right.

Which hand do you prefer?

Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
 

A8.

Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
 

Doesn't QJ play better post flop?

Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
 

A8

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Doesn't QJ play better post flop?

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Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
 

QJ, if you flop a Q or J you've got the best kicker if you aren't reraised almost all the time. A8 might be behind easily on an 8 high flop

Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
 

With QJ, you win usually if an ace flops anyways.

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QJ, if you flop a Q or J you've got the best kicker if you aren't reraised almost all the time. A8 might be behind easily on an 8 high flop

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LOLOLOLOL. Yes, those blinds wake up with monsters all the time. It's better to just limp and see if you flop a straight or full house.

Meow.

Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
 

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I looked in Pokertracker at my last 170K hands to see just how big misstake it was. To my surprise he was right.

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You don't have a large enough sample size to say anything significant about this situation.

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I looked in Pokertracker at my last 170K hands to see just how big misstake it was. To my surprise he was right.

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You don't have a large enough sample size to say anything significant about this situation.

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You cannot be serious.