Re: Marginal holdings
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Say 2459, suits irrelevant. Or, more powerfully, 234x. Can anyone tell me what the odds are of an Ace falling on the flop?
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Penguin - Sure. 3 to 1 against.
(actually 13244 to 4052 against).
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Is any A3 worth a call, or do you need things to go with it?
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(2) I try to think in terms of all four cards. Then whether I'll play a hand or not depends on what the cards are and how I'm interacting with my opponents.
I think A378-non-suited is the worst starting hand containing an ace plus a trey in a full game. Sometimes I'll play it and sometimes not.
I think A333-non-suited is the worst starting hand with an ace and a trey in heads-up competition, about a two to three underdog against random cards. (Heads-up against random cards, A378n becomes a slight favorite).
If you're a beginner, maybe a good rule to follow is to only play ace-three hands if the ace is suited to another card or if one of the other cards in the hand is an ace, a deuce, a four or a five.
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It's only a powerful hand if a 2 falls,
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Depends, in my humble opinion, on the specific cards on the board, and on the other two cards in your hand.
If, for example, you hold A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],
3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], and the flop is 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], then your hand is very powerful.
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3) Two suited Aces or Kings.
Say A7s A9s. Or, less powerfully, A8s K5s, or K9s K6s.
Would you play any or all of these hands preflop, or should I just automuck them and save my money?
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A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] seems quite playable.
A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
also seems quite playable.
K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] is a step down from the first two hands in a full game. You'll only catch a king on the flop about one time out of eight. Much of hand value of 69KKd involves second-nut flushes, which can be tough to play. You have to decide for yourself if you want to get into that. In head-to-head competition, the hand is a slight (10-9) favorite against random cards.
Buzz
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