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I have never played holdem with the hole cards face up. Is this some new game I don't know about? I don't think hand rankings from this different game would apply to secret card holdem.

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They definitely apply to NHL. They are most frequently useful in SNG's, but are sometimes useful in MTT's as well.

The rankings tell you what hands you can push and still be profitable if your opponent plays perfectly (i.e. calls when he has odds to call, folds when he should fold). Since your opponents in "secret card holdem" do not play perfectly, you can actually be profitable by pushing a wider range than the rankings recommend, but you have to guesstimate how much wider that range is based on how overly tight your opponent plays.

But the good news is: even if you are not sure how tight your opponent is, you still have a range of hands you can push that you *know* is +CEV.

Later,
Che