I was playing aces with the usual cast of characters the other night when someone said something aloud that I am sure we have all heard at the poker table before. The guys I have been playing with lately are a pretty vocal group, particularly when it comes to the hands they play. As for me, I am generally too concerned about my table image and how anything I say might tip someone off to my playing habits. I am no shark but over the years, I have definitely won more than I have lost. My game is cute standard. Tight, traditional play peppered with selective aggressiveness when the timing is right to keep opponents on their toes.

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One thing I certainly do not do at the poker table, however, is play “favorite hands.” There are no two cards I can be deal, other than aces, kings or queens that I feel compelled to play simply because it’s my “lucky hand” or because I’ve won with them in the past. For example, I have played with guys that love to play 6-9 just because of the sexual innuendo. Never mind that it’s likely a loser against any serious hands. I have another friend, an animal lover, who refuses to put down K-9. With king-nine, you are behind against pretty much any decent pre-flop hand, as in K-10, K-J, K-Q, K-K and A-K, not to mention Ace-anything or any pair. That’s a lot of chance to lose money. Yet people still play their ‘lucky hands’ because they have won with them in the past or because the hands supposedly mean something.
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Personally, my favorite hand is the one that’s going to win me that particular pot. Pre-flop, there’s no guarantee that ANY hand, even pocket aces, is a winner unless you can get your opponents to fold. I don’t pledge allegiance to a hand just because it’s won me a big pot in the past.

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Doyle Brunson made the 10-2 famous when he won the 1976 World Series of Poker name with it. But it was a terrible play. Head-to-head, he went all in on a bluff after beating a ten on the flop. He got called by top two pair (Aces and Jacks), then sucked out when a third ten hit on the river, adding one more bracelet to his already impressive resume. Doyle’s a millionaire, one of the greatest poker players in history. He can disburse to play whatever hands he likes. Other than that, 10-2 is a near reliable loser. Have you still played it when facing a raise?
No limits hold ‘em is a game of long-term profit. People have a propensity to forget this, focusing on what they’ve won that night, not over time. For every time you have won a pot with K-9, 6-9 or whatever your favorite hand might be, you’ve probably lost with it three or four times over. What I WILL do, however, is look for people who play those hands religiously, and then strike. If I know some stooge consistently plays 6-9, there’s no way he’s going to get a free look at the flop if I have anything to say about it.
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