Re: what to memorize?
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This is where UNDERSTANDING the concepts comes in. There are some games where playing 76s in early position is not a horrible mistake.
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I'll go farther -- there are some games where it's not a mistake at all. IIRC in SSHE Ed says that the problem with overplaying suited connectors up front is that you may have a raise behind you that shuts out everyone else and denies you the odds needed to make such hands worthwhile. But if you're in a game where several players will merrily cold-call 2, 3, or 4 bets with the same dubious hands they'll limp in with, you don't really have much to worry about.
Granted, your implied odds are substantially eroded by calling several bets preflop, so I wouldn't suggest cold-calling several bets preflop. But if you're in a loose AND passive game, it's probably OK to limp with 76s UTG.
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