The first three rounds

[citanul]

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In the first 3 levels, I play tight both pre and post flop. Calling preflop with anything adds up fast, especially if you are forced to call a few min-raises.

Hands I usually play
1) Any pair
2) Axs
3) Two suited broadways (most 2 broadways for that matter)
4) Suited connectors
5) Few unsuited connectors such as JTo and T9o


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That's nowhere near tight.

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what he said.

[TheCat]

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Some of your edge comes from not doing anything stupid early on and simply being around for the all-in fest on the bubble.


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I think most of your edge comes from not doing anything stupid early on.

[gasgod]

Outside the blinds, there's a good chance I will not play any hand during levels 1-3. I keep repeating to myself Sklansky's observation that poker begins as a struggle for the blinds and antes.

GG

[hummusx]

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The first 3 rounds you should be playing tight as all hell and limping a HELL of alot.

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Huh? Shouldn't you be 'playing tight as all hell' and FOLDING a hell of a lot?

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I dont even raise with TT or JJ in these rounds anymore. I limp to see a flop and fold when I miss.

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Wouldn't this be position dependant? Are you going to open limp in CO+1 with JJ? I'm not, even in the early rounds.

[citanul]

maybe he thinks that a HELL of a lot means very little, whereas the commonly used hell of a lot would mean a whole lot?

citanul

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THe first thing I meant limping with semi strong hands like AQ and KQs. Open raising with JJ in the CO first in of course. I guess I should have clearified what I was trying to say but I also should have been in bed about 5 hours ago.

[pipes]

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In the first 3 levels, I play tight both pre and post flop. Calling preflop with anything adds up fast, especially if you are forced to call a few min-raises.

Hands I usually play
1) Any pair
2) Axs
3) Two suited broadways (most 2 broadways for that matter)
4) Suited connectors
5) Few unsuited connectors such as JTo and T9o


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That's nowhere near tight.

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Note, I said usually play.
1) pairs are a no brainer
2) Axs is fine, especially if you are in late. Some value here is also in flopping 2 pair because the ace is a common card to pair up.
3) I'm playing hands like KQs, QJs, and KJs early on.
4) JTs, T9s, 98s, 87s if I'm in late with a least a couple of limpers
5) JTo and T9o only in late with many many limpers if I'm feeling lucky

The above list was meant to illustrate the entire possible universe of level 1 hands.

[Scuba Chuck]

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In the first 3 levels, I play tight both pre and post flop. Calling preflop with anything adds up fast, especially if you are forced to call a few min-raises.

Hands I usually play
1) Any pair
2) Axs
3) Two suited broadways (most 2 broadways for that matter)
4) Suited connectors
5) Few unsuited connectors such as JTo and T9o



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That's nowhere near tight.


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This is laughable.

Applicable definition of tight:
"used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity"

That is a generous list of ways to leak chips early in a SitNGo.

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pairs are a no brainer? The only hands I play here are 99 and up as well as KQs. The rest of those hands are crap. That is very loose to be playing all those hands. I think you have some holes to fix in your game.

[citanul]

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In the first 3 levels, I play tight both pre and post flop. Calling preflop with anything adds up fast, especially if you are forced to call a few min-raises.

Hands I usually play
1) Any pair
2) Axs
3) Two suited broadways (most 2 broadways for that matter)
4) Suited connectors
5) Few unsuited connectors such as JTo and T9o


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That's nowhere near tight.

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Note, I said usually play.
1) pairs are a no brainer
2) Axs is fine, especially if you are in late. Some value here is also in flopping 2 pair because the ace is a common card to pair up.
3) I'm playing hands like KQs, QJs, and KJs early on.
4) JTs, T9s, 98s, 87s if I'm in late with a least a couple of limpers
5) JTo and T9o only in late with many many limpers if I'm feeling lucky

The above list was meant to illustrate the entire possible universe of level 1 hands.

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Note, he said that's nowhere near tight. He was right, even with your newfound provisos.