I got it too. I was intrigued to find an article by our friend Mark Strahan. did anyone else spot these gems?
As,
could be played under the gun but if the flop comes
you should be prepared to let go of your pocket cards if there is heavy betting on the flop. This is because it's likely that someone with an Ace and a higher kicker than your 3 is stuill involved in the hand. On the other hand if you have As
and the flop is
then you want to continue becauseof the added benefit of your backdoor (nut) flush
And of course, if you flop
then you want to get as much money in the pot in the knowledge that four out of six flop completions, you're going to make your flush and you've also got your pair of aces as back up.
Am I missing something here. do you not make your flush 1 in 3 times, rather than the 2 in 3 times mark is suggesting? 9 outs twice is 36% approx.
He then goes on to list IN ORDER the 42 starting hands you should play. He doesn't make clear when he's talking about suited cards but I assume there's a distinction otherwise AQ features twice, ranked 7th and 13th. QJ comes in at number 15 (suited I think) above K10 at 16 and A9 (suited I assume) at 19. I assume 19 is A9 suited because it's the only way I can explain it coming above AJ at 20. KQ is ranked above A10 and hands 25 - 42 include seemingly random hands in a peculiar order K9 A7 KJ A5 Q9 10,9 7,7 J,9 etc
Absolutely bizarre. Is no-one proof reading this crap?
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