[mxyzptlk]

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"A very general starting point for loose-ish games is: AAxx, A2xx, Ax suited, A3xx, four cards ten or bigger (except trips), KK with two decent cards. That's mostly it, but there are definite exceptions like AKsQs4."

I would definitely add a few others like 234X, 23XX (ds). After you get used to playing a lot of opening hands then you can start adjusting for table specific conditions and players.

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This is mostly good advice, but be careful with 23 in limit O8. You need an A on the flop.

3.4k is hardly enough hands to determine if you are a winning player. You definitely need to loosen up a little bit. Also, if you tried PLO8 and liked it, try playing that instead. The strategy is different (usually muck a naked nut low to a big bet HU, for example), but you can protect your hand a lot more, and after playing PLO8 for a while you will be looking for the "bet pot" button when going back to limit .