Re: Are these hand rankings right?
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This is one of the major pitfalls with Skalansky and Malmuth's HEFAP. By declaring "Hand Groups," S/M have misled alot of newbies into thinking that these hand groups are written in concreat for all limit games. This is clearly not true. Don't get me wrong, it is a good book, but very deceiving when it comes to which hands to play.
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You can say that again!
I played 25-cent tables by the seat of my pants for a month and won handily... borrow HEPFAP from a friend, tried to "improve" my game with some adjustments to my openings and by betting out with draws (without understanding when or why to do this)... started losing heavily for a month... took a month off, started over with the basics, was able to move up quickly. A year later I could go back to S&M and know what they were trying to say. Having HEPFAP be my first poker book was liking handing a machine gun to someone who's never handled a 22 before.
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