L08 full ring :: Bottom Set :: River fold

[beset7]

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I think calling preflop with one of the worst hands in LO8 was your biggest mistake.


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I agree its a loose/bad call and that the hand sucks but I can think of WAY worse hands. Surely you are exagerating here.

[gergery]

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I think calling preflop with one of the worst hands in LO8 was your biggest mistake.


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I agree its a loose/bad call and that the hand sucks but I can think of WAY worse hands. Surely you are exagerating here.

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I am not exaggerating.

The worst hands in LO8 are the quads and trips hands. The next worst categories of hands after that are
- low pairs with unconnected higher cards when one of them is 9+ (ie. 228T)
- 3 unconnected high cards with 1 low dangler (ie. KJ92)


I’ll look in Bill Boston’s book when I get home if someone doesn’t post it first, but I’ll guess this is rated something like 4200 out of 5200 for a bottom 20% of hands. Maybe equivalent to cold calling a raise in holdem with T2o. Boston’s book has its flaws but it’s a reasonable approximation of how good this hand is in a tight/agro game.

Buzz, any comments?
-g

[beset7]

I concede the preflop call is terrible. Uncle!