Gabe thought you might find this entertaining

[Coilean]

One night when I was having a late dinner with Gabe at the Carson Street Cafe in the Nugget, I happened to mention the, ahem, unconventional preflop strategy I used back when I first started playing hold'em. Back then, I figured an ace or any pair might win a showdown without improving, so I would play all of those. Any two face cards were certainly playable, and, well, flushes seemed like strong hands, so I would play any suited starters too. Straights were not as good, but still certainly worthwhile, so I would play any connected cards except the 3-gappers or low blocked ones, which just wouldn't be coming in often enough. Position, of course, never crossed my mind, but I did think about deception. Just to throw off anyone who might notice how tight I was playing, I resolved to play any hand containing a "7". Thank God I read Lee Jones before I went busted [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img].