Hand Matrix

[waltypies]

Been playing alot of 8 - 10 handed tables lately therefore i needed to think of a new hand matrix.

Anyway here is a quick one i just made up. Any thoughts? Too tight?? Too loose?? Stop playing 8-10 handed tables and play some shorthanded??

Early Position

AA
KK
QQ
AK
AQ

Mid Position

JJ
10s
9s
8s
AJ
A10
A9
KQ
KJ
QJ
Q10

Late position

7's
6's
5's
4's
3's
2's
A8
A7
A6
A5
A4
A3
A2
K10
K9
Q9
Q8
J10
J9
109
98

These all included suited or off suit.

Basically in an unraised pot and if its folded to me i am raising with these hands.

However there are a few i am not calling with in raised pots preflop

[alexross1977]

sensible enough.. i might add AJ to the early hands, altho am folding to massive raises postflop with an ace.. (esp on cash table) fishing for a jack with ace kicker is worth adding the hand i think.

[PokerWoody]

You're playing limit poker?

[DonkBox]

Not sure if it's ever sensible to have a hands matrix for tournaments and sit and gos. Cash is another matter.

There are times in sng's/mtt's where i will raise with ATC, in fact my cards could be blank (as in i can't win a showdown).

[waltypies]

Not sure if it's ever sensible to have a hands matrix for tournaments and sit and gos. Cash is another matter.

There are times in sng's/mtt's where i will raise with ATC, in fact my cards could be blank (as in i can't win a showdown).

Sorry my pm was crap. Basically i do use the matrix at the start of maybe a sit n go but things change once players get knocked out.

Woody you know limit poker is the way forward

[alexross1977]

You're playing limit poker?

if that one was aimed at me, nope.

[DonkBox]

I think raising with ace-rag in late position especially early on in a tournament or sit and go is a recipie for disaster. If you get called it's very hard to know where you are at, in fact if i ever play ace rag i'm actually hoping to miss the flop (unless it's a suited ace rag and i flop a flush or a big draw) and hope it's texture is good enough to bluff/continuation bet at.

[FirePhil]

Woody you know limit poker is the way forward

That's true if you happen to be on the edge of some kind of cliff.

[PokerWoody]

I'm assuming you mean a 10 person cash game?

Your matrix is good for limit poker, although a bit on the tight side. Really don't like it if you intend to use it for NL poker though.

[PokerWoody]

That's true if you happen to be on the edge of some kind of cliff.

I actually played some limit the other day, it was pretty fun in a "whoo I never have to fold" kinda way...