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Feb 14, 2007 2:55pm
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 Zaran
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Starting Hands
Just found this at a site, and did a rough translation. Hope people can use it:
Starting Hand, call, raise or fold?
An easy system to qualify your starting hand, develloped by Edward Hutchison. It's all a matter of counting points. Then you know if you should play, and what to play. Mostly use this method to prevent losses that should have been avoided.
Start with counting the points of your two starter cards by the following table:
A - 16
K - 14
Q - 13
J - 12
10 - 11
9 - 9
8 - 8
And so on down to the 2.
Are the cards a pair? + 10 points
Are the cards suited? + 4
Are the cards in order (7-8 or J-Q)? +3
Is there a hole between the cards (5-7,9-J) +2
Is there a double hole (4-7, 9-Q) +1
Are you in the middle betting position? +3
Are you in last position (button)? +5
Example: Your hand is Q - 9, both Hearts on the button. Your points are now 13 + 9 + 4 (suited) + 1 (double hole) + 5 (last position) = 32 points.
This hand would allow to call.
Hope this helps people a little, and don't mind the mistakes in spelling or grammar. It's late and I'm tired 
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Feb 22, 2007 11:42pm
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wisdud
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what do you consider to be a good score worthy of a preflop allin  
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Aug 8, 2007 6:48am
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Mircul
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What to do depends on how aggressively you choose to play. I think it is a nice system
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Aug 11, 2007 4:22am
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devine
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counting points never works. You simply have to see what the other guys do. if you count 30 points, and the guy before you goes all in, what do you do then??
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Aug 23, 2007 12:37pm
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Hannibal
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if its only your starting hand and they go all in. there most likley trying to get people to fold. if there a better player, there bluffing. knowing most people will fold. if there an unexpirienced player they actually have somthing most the time. they just dont know how to keep people in the hand so they'll get more money.
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Sep 26, 2007 12:27am
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xxyoyoyoxx
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Hannibal how can you trust that stratergy new people might have played poker before not online and decide they like to bluffs that doesnt really work
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Sep 28, 2007 4:04pm
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TurboJudas
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It doesn't even say how many points you should have to know what you should do.
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Dec 24, 2007 11:51am
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JohnCookie
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I really played a lot of poker, and i can say that this counting is worthless in the normal games.
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Dec 25, 2007 1:34pm
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Quistons_Report
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One's starting hand value is very important but it is relative to the speed of the game and the style of your opponents.
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Feb 5, 2008 4:32pm
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Kleky
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hmm
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Feb 8, 2008 10:14pm
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stratzvyda
Local Hero
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also it's rarely a good idea simply to call preflop, you never want to give the big blind a free flop thats just asking to be edged out
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Apr 13, 2011 7:30pm
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RedAces
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not sure about this post there is a some gut feeling and who your playing against have an impact on what hands you may play.
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