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Old 11-06-2005, 08:20 PM
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There are two categories of negatives for 23XY hands, each worth either one or two negative points.
• (a) single suited is one negative point, rainbow is two negative points.
• (b) one middle card is one negative point, two middle cards is two negative points.

• Consider all 23XY hands with no negative points playable.
• 23XY hands with one negative point are either playable or marginal.
• Consider all 23XY hands with two negative points marginal.
• 23XY hands with three negative points are either marginal or trash.
• Consider all 23XY hands with four negative points trash.

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That still seems reasonable to me. <font color="blue">Except for 23KKn and 23QQn</font>. I think both of those are playable (rather than either playable or marginal), even though they have the two negative points for being rainbows. I think you should see the flop from any position with either of those starting hands.

Thinking back to Kurto's post, I'd probably almost always see the flop with the two hands he cited. But in the interest of keeping things simple, neither of them seems worth singling out. However, both 23KKn and 23QQn are worth singling out.

Just my opinion.

Buzz
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