Lossing at O8 limit, I think I'm too tight, too passive

[Buzz]

Allow me to correct an error. I wrote [ QUOTE ]
“With four cards in the same suit, it's not much different from a rainbow hand - a tad better, but closer to a rainbow in terms of how it simulates than to

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Actually Ah3h5hKh simulates closer to Ah3h5cKs (single suited) than Ah3d5sKc (rainbow). There are 15 distinctly different varieties of A35K, but some of them don’t play much differently than others. Following are simulation results for some of them. These are all for eight non-folding opponents with random hands. 10000 times each:
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hand........high.....low.....scoop.....total...... .prototype
A35Kd.....444.....929.....823.....2196.....Ah3h5cK c
A35Kd=....379.....980.....677.....2036.....Ah3c5cK h
A35Ks.....306.....1008.....679.....1993.....Ah3h5c Ks
A35Ks”’....298.....986.....650.....1934.....Ah3h5h Kc
A35Ks-....320.....996.....604.....1920.....Ah3s5cKc
A35Ks””...284.....991.....599.....1874.....Ah3h5hK h
A35Ks-”’..284.....1001.....545.....1830.....Ah3c5cKc
A35Ks=...248.....1024.....508.....1780.....Ah3s5sK c
A35Kn.....218.....1027.....415.....1660.....Ah3d5s Kc

As you can see, the four heart hand simulates more like a two heart hand than a rainbow.

With apologies for my error,

Buzz