For the uninitiated, lets have a look at this game so that you too can join in the near universal dislike yet grudging acceptance of this poker variant.

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I got into a dicussion with someone last night regarding the top three best hole cards in hold ‘em. I maintained that AK earns the #3 slot while the other person prefers QQ. Its a tough call.

They are all going to be played similarly. In fact the Sklansky/Malmuth ranking puts those four, along with JJ in the same upper echelon category, meaning that all of these hands will generally be played the same way (at least preflop anyway). However I feel that although the ladies do beat big slick preflop, using the preflop examination then any pair would be prefferable to AK. It is the subsequent rounds that really make big slick the winner

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I just read the first part of this interview with an Irish poker player.

From just this one interview I can tell that he is a really smart player. One would be well advised to read this interview and take some nuggets of insight from it. There are a few lessons, in particular, that any poker player should never, but can easily forget. (more…)