Poker Tip

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Everyone:

Somehow I got on the Card Player Poker Cruise newsletter mailing list. Here's their poker tip of the month, and I thought some of you might want to comment on it.

Best wishes,
Mason

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•Poker Tip of the Month
Don’t play suited hands in hold’em that you would not play if they were unsuited. For example, many people play hands like Q-5 suited or J-7 suited, yet they wouldn’t dream of playing these hands if they were offsuit. Being suited does not add enough value to garbage hands to make them playable.


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[mackthefork]

In my opinion those hands are (J5 Q7) are vitually unplayable but in very loose games they could still be +EV. However I wouldn't play 78o or 67o but I can't wait to get into a pot with suited connectors like this. basically I think this tip is a bit sweeping and slightly incorrect.

ML

[LetsRock]

Seems like common sense to me, but then again, I was schooled by the best. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

(I had a really terrible beat yesterday some knuckle head who called PFR with a J6s and landed quads - so you never know when those unplayables become gold mines. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img])

[Tosh]

What a load garbage. Some of the worst advice I've heard in a while.

[fluff]

I don't think the tip is really clear. What do they mean by "do not play"?

Don't complete a small blind? Don't defend an obvious blind steal attempt? Don't call on the button when everyone has limped in? Don't attempt a steal against two tighties in SB and BB?

I would call in the SB with Q5s all day if there were a few limpers to me, for example.

[ZeeJustin]

[BaronVonCP]

I hope they send out more tips.

[Lori]

Everyone here should know the Q5 of spades is the nuts.

Lori

[astroglide]

considering their sucker audience is paying over 100/yr for a subscription, this is not particularly surprising.

[andyfox]

I'd like to ask the author what he would do with A-Ts on the button behind four limpers, and if he would do the same thing with A-To.