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hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
In hand 5 in his book "How good is your Limit Holdem?" Jacobs asks this question:
If u are first in on the button, which hand do u prefer: 1) A8o 2) QJo This was easy for me, but when I looked at the answer he totally disagreed. I was just about to mail him telling him he did a serious misstake but before that I looked in Pokertracker at my last 170K hands to see just how big misstake it was. To my surprise he was right. Which hand do you prefer? |
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Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
A8.
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Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
Doesn't QJ play better post flop?
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Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
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Doesn't QJ play better post flop? [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
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[ QUOTE ] Doesn't QJ play better post flop? [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] I would say no. A8 has showdown value. With QJ, if you don't catch you, are caught in the unpleasant spot of having to either bluff the whole way or give up and risk either losing a showdown to a weak ace or king or opening the door to being bluffed out by a worse hand. Heads up in a blind steal situation, I think that A8 "plays better" due to giving you the option of heading to a showdown without being reliant on help from the board. |
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Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Doesn't QJ play better post flop? [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] I would say no. A8 has showdown value. With QJ, if you don't catch you, are caught in the unpleasant spot of having to either bluff the whole way or give up and risk either losing a showdown to a weak ace or king or opening the door to being bluffed out by a worse hand. Heads up in a blind steal situation, I think that A8 "plays better" due to giving you the option of heading to a showdown without being reliant on help from the board. [/ QUOTE ] A8 completely whiffs the flop way more often. |
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Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Doesn't QJ play better post flop? [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] I would say no. A8 has showdown value. With QJ, if you don't catch you, are caught in the unpleasant spot of having to either bluff the whole way or give up and risk either losing a showdown to a weak ace or king or opening the door to being bluffed out by a worse hand. Heads up in a blind steal situation, I think that A8 "plays better" due to giving you the option of heading to a showdown without being reliant on help from the board. [/ QUOTE ] A8 completely whiffs the flop way more often. [/ QUOTE ] I think it's all about what kind of limit game you were in.Loose? or Tight? In the "tight" game I believe most of player would choose A8, and in the loose game I would choose QJ as well .We all know that Qj has more odd to make a hand.But A8 is only play that hight card "A" who would think I I am going to beat this hand with my confident "8" .Its all about I am going to call all you down by there are a crap board I am going to call you with my A high. That's happend in the short handed game all the time. so I think it's depends the "game" |
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Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
A8
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Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
QJ, if you flop a Q or J you've got the best kicker if you aren't reraised almost all the time. A8 might be behind easily on an 8 high flop
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Re: hand 5 - \"How good is your Limit Holdem?\"
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QJ, if you flop a Q or J you've got the best kicker if you aren't reraised almost all the time. A8 might be behind easily on an 8 high flop [/ QUOTE ] LOLOLOLOL. Yes, those blinds wake up with monsters all the time. It's better to just limp and see if you flop a straight or full house. Meow. |
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