Monday October 03, 2005
fixed thinking doesn't work so well in non fixed limit games I've been reading Harrington's second book lately so I hadn't gotten much past the intro to Mastering No-Limit Hold'em. After digging through the preliminaries I thought it was a good sign that they talked about taking into multiple factors when considering hands in nlhe at the beginning of chapter 5. That was until I got a few pages into the chapter and ran into "The Rule of 13". The concept is that, independent of any other factors, you shouldn't play any hand which totals to 13. None of the examples include suite although they don't state they are only considering unsuited cards. Assuming they mean offsuite cards I still think their statement is too strong. You should consider more then your cards when deciding if a hand should be played. If everybody at the table has $200 in a 1-2 game and its a limpfest to your with passives in the blinds you should be thinking about hands like 85o which are typically considered trash. The immediate price you are getting is large and the implied odds could be large. An even stronger situation is when a readable player who plays poorly post flop raises to a small amount in early position and gets some callers. Now your price isn't as good but the chance you will get action post flop is very good. The point is that you need to consider more then your cards. You need to be considering the overall situation which includes things like stack sizes and how good or bad the active players are. Most of the time you will be folding the flop but thats afforded you by getting a good price on the hand.
( Oct 03 2005, 06:22:43 PM PDT )
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