NL Starting hands - short handed
The Reamer
go up fairly quickly. I'd like to hear some suggestions for starting hands by
position. Tables actually play fairly sanely.
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button i will limp with gapped suited connectors, weak aces etc etc. ALso will
raise with more marginal hands on the button depending on how many limpers there
are
On Aug 18 2005 4:03 PM, The Reamer wrote:
> I am playing in online SNG tourneys that start with two 6 player tables.
> Blinds
> go up fairly quickly. I'd like to hear some suggestions for starting hands by
> position. Tables actually play fairly sanely.
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skins
Take a look at a heads up holdem chart. I believe you can find one on
http://www.thepokerforum.com/ ...might be somewhere in the articles section.
If you examine the differences between full ring hand req's and heads up hand
req's, you should be able to determine a middle ground and incremental changes
for 6,5,4,3,2,etc players.
On Aug 18 2005 10:03 AM, The Reamer wrote:
> I am playing in online SNG tourneys that start with two 6 player tables.
> Blinds
> go up fairly quickly. I'd like to hear some suggestions for starting hands by
> position. Tables actually play fairly sanely.
skins
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MysteriAce
"Maybe its just me but postion isnt really critical shorthanded."
That is simply absurd. Position is very important even in heads up play,
so 6-handed would not be an exception. In fact, with fewer players you
stand to run into big hands much less often, so a good argument could be
made that position is even MORE important than in a 10-handed game, since
it is NL, and NL is more about people and money than it is about cards.
"When im on the button i will limp with gapped suited connectors, weak
aces etc etc."
In a 6-handed tournament, with quickly escalating blinds, you should
probably be raising with almost any hand you'll play from the button.
That includes weak aces and gapped suited connectors. Position is power
in a game where big hands do not abound.
"ALso will raise with more marginal hands on the button depending on how
many limpers there are"
Sorry, but that does seem contradictory to your sentence above, where you
indicated that you limp with the same hands.
To the OP, I'd suggest raising with any hand that you enter the pot with
and betting anytime it is checked to you (anywhere from 1/2 pot to full
pot).
When I play 6-handed SNG's, I tend to stick to fairly tight requirements
in the first two seats past the blinds, which generally means that I wait
for pairs, KQ-KT and Ax hands before raising. If the table calls a lot,
then I'd probably bump that up even more to pairs, KQ, and A9+.
From the cutoff and button, I'll raise with pretty much any hand that I
want to play. That includes suited connectors and even pure trash like
49o. Again, if the table calls a lot, I tighten up those requirements to
be more like Ax and pairs and any two paint cards.
I play fairly tight out of the blinds. Position is very important, and
you don't want to be caught out of position with a weak hand in a
short-handed NL game. The key exception is if it is folded around to the
SB, who limps. Unless they like to be real tricky or are a calling
station, I'll raise preflop and bet the pot on the flop with any two
cards, since I get position on them.
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On Aug 18 2005 11:03 AM, The Reamer wrote:
> I am playing in online SNG tourneys that start with two 6 player tables.
> Blinds
> go up fairly quickly. I'd like to hear some suggestions for starting hands by
> position. Tables actually play fairly sanely.
Minimum starting hands
EP(UTG UTG+1)- AT, JTs, QTs, QJ, KJ, KT- small pairs below 99- Limp
MP(UTG+1 CO)-Ax, K9,Q9, J9, Suited connectors 87s; connectors like T9, pairs.
LP (Button) Ax, Kx, Q9, QXs, J9, T9, 98, Suited connectors like 86s.
If 1st to enter the pot in MP or Button bring in for a raise with any EP
starting hand.
These are fairly loose starting hands but mainly you want to play esp with
position.
In the blinds I usually call small raises with EP starting hands because of the
pot odds. Let go if you miss the flop, do not chasse out of position.
Richie
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"MysteriAce" <a9c...@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
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MysteriAce
> On Aug 18 2005 11:03 AM, The Reamer wrote:
>
> > I am playing in online SNG tourneys that start with two 6 player tables.
> > Blinds
> > go up fairly quickly. I'd like to hear some suggestions for starting hands
by
> > position. Tables actually play fairly sanely.
>
> Minimum starting hands
>
> EP(UTG UTG+1)- AT, JTs, QTs, QJ, KJ, KT- small pairs below 99- Limp
>
> MP(UTG+1 CO)-Ax, K9,Q9, J9, Suited connectors 87s; connectors like T9,
pairs.
>
> LP (Button) Ax, Kx, Q9, QXs, J9, T9, 98, Suited connectors like 86s.
>
> If 1st to enter the pot in MP or Button bring in for a raise with any EP
> starting hand.
>
> These are fairly loose starting hands but mainly you want to play esp with
> position.
>
> In the blinds I usually call small raises with EP starting hands because of
the
> pot odds. Let go if you miss the flop, do not chasse out of position.
>
> Richie
I have a few questions about your chart of starting hand requirements:
You don't really clarify which hands you should raise with and which you
suggest limping with. You suggest "If 1st to enter the pot in MP or
Button bring in for a raise with any EP starting hand." Does that mean
that you suggest limping with the other hands? Such as limping with A9o
on the button? Or AT UTG?
You also state that "small pairs below 99- Limp." Does that mean that you
suggest limping with 88 UTG? If so, why?
Also, you list UTG+1 as being both EP and MP. Is it on the "cusp" or
something? Please explain.
And what exactly did you mean by "These are fairly loose starting hands
but mainly you want to play esp with position."
~ MysteriAce
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tyslothrop
good advice, except that you shouldn't "always" raise in those situations, you
should just raise alot. You should also limp some, or check in the bb. "Always
raising" makes your play fairly exploitable. Yes, pound on them with raises,
but also, be aware of your table and the fact that you have to ease back
sometimes. Limping is not a sin, especially in a six handed sng, even though
many people on this ng will tell you it is.
Acesgwild
On Aug 18 2005 8:03 AM, The Reamer wrote:
> I am playing in online SNG tourneys that start with two 6 player tables.
> Blinds
> go up fairly quickly. I'd like to hear some suggestions for starting hands by
> position. Tables actually play fairly sanely.
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