Re: GSIH: Starting hand charts a little ...academic?
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I'm a little surprised that more beginners books/articles don't stress who you are playing against over theoretical +EV hands from a given position.
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Key word in that statement is "beginner".
From my perspective, the whole point of starting hand charts is to help the beginner build a solid foundation from which to develop. Your point about playing a particular way against a particular player type is wholly valid...and many books do go into some detail on playing based on the table characteristics and/or individual players (e.g., SSHE).
By the time you're able to reliably read those tendencies in other players, however, you're not exactly a complete beginner any more, are you? Until you reach that point, the charts help you build a solid game, and keep you from getting into TOO much trouble as you build experience.
Just my $0.02.
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