SSHE Book Club Discussion - Part Two: Preflop Concepts

[MEbenhoe]

In the chapter title "Using This Book" the authors write:
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Finally, we anticipate that some readers will concentrate most heavily on the preflop chapter, particularly the two preflop charts that we provide....We do not recommend that you do this. It is basically a waste of time....Understanding postflop concepts and play is far more essential to maximizing your win rate.

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I find this statement to be very true. The meat of this book is the next couple sections. However, because many people still have problems with their preflop play this is an important section to go over.

I'm going to treat this a little differently than most sections and not try to dig in too deep in this introduction, and instead throw it open to any questions there might be on the preflop advice given in SSHE.

Basically above all the important thing to keep in mind is that Tight and aggressive as always is the key to success in preflop play. Don't play too many hands, rarely cold call raises, and be aggressive with the hands you're going to play.

With that lets get the discussion going. What parts are troubling you or do you not understand? What do you possibly disagree with? What do you think are some strong concepts to take out of this section?