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Old 02-08-2003, 11:32 AM
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Default Re: Starting hands: Article contrary to the \"Book\"

"More important that memorizing a "ranking" of hands, is knowing why certain hands are or are not playable in certain situations."

There you have the right answer to most situations. That is the only thing that matters, that one understands by sure why play some hands in some situations and why not play some hands in some situations. But by all means, take advice also from those other rankings, I did and learned something; something worth in some situations like after a loose limper and/or vs. blinds and on the blind play. So, there are situations where more or less random generated anwers give better answers than one could just reason. After simulations one then goes thinking why the result was what it was, and why everyone doesn't fully agree with it. Understanding is most important at poker; one has to understand more and more, better and better.
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