Fuzzy notion 1-2 card poker?!?!?!?

All this is pre flop. Generally a holdem thing, but real important in stud games and especially any H/L game, the concepts are the same.

I have this 'Fuzzy' notion that there are players, often newbs, but just as often experienced players who seem overly willing to play a single card (preflop) style of poker. Usually A-crap and seem happy to take this to the river. It boggles my mind, especially when my big pair misses and their crap card trips up.

So I ask, especially to you who care, do you play a 1 card preflop game or not?

2 card (pf) would entail pp's and connectors (not even necessarily suited).
1 card (pf) would mostly be A-crap (crap here being unconnectable, so A-T is connectable, and A-9 is crap, Also A-x sooted is 2 card and unsooted is 1 card).

In general I'm a 2 card guy, with occasional feels about a 1 card hand, but where do you fit?

I'm a 9 card kinda guy.

marginal said:

I'm a 9 card kinda guy.

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Doesn't that carry the implication you're really a 1 card kinda guy? In with anything and stick it out to the bitter end?

Interesting point but I do not believe I fall into either 1 or 2 card poker because I play omaha and it would be suicide to do so. Maybe 3 1/2 poker.

2 cards for me, but I am a nit.

Definitely a 2 card player here too. They call Ax "Ace rag" for a reason .

It depends.

If I'm short or HU I can totally be a one-card player. I can even be a no-card player.

Two card player here.

Thanks for asking.

I play the game situation and the tendencies and weaknesses of my opponents. I play poker, I don't play cards.

Asking this question is basically asking "Are you a donk, or (striving to be) a decent player?"

My answer: 2 cards, a decent player - or at least I fancy myself one.

I recently re-read this excellent post from FP:

https://www.cardschat.com/f49/stop-obsessing-about-preflop-play-74021/

slycbnew said:

I recently re-read this excellent post from FP:

https://www.cardschat.com/f49/stop-obsessing-about-preflop-play-74021/

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Your right sly, that is a very good read and got me thinking. SO I went to the play money rush tables today and spent 4 or 5 hours exorcising my poker demons by playing ever hand that has beaten me recently (which includes damn near ever combo) and not only had fun, made almost 200K play chips......

Seems I had been way way to nitty, and waited for monsters way too much.