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Message: [QUOTE="Polytarp, post: 5575634, member: 312731"] Good video. Here are some aspects of pre-flop play that I consider: without looking at my hand (if I'm in position) I look at who is in the hand, their chip stacks and initial bets then I estimate their card ranges (both prior and present to correlate their action) THEN I look at my hand and estimate my chances based on card strength, chip strength and table presence based on being caught in bluffs and making over bets when winning with strong cards. Katie, for KJo when you said "King Jack off" that could be used for trash talk also (which I have done selectively). It's memorable and helps retain information about such hands..I usually use KJu where the "u" refers to "unsuited." A key concept that you mentioned was "what can you lose in a given hand?" Further, what would it mean to lose/win such a hand as the game progresses relative to your chip stack? In an STT I'm always thinking ahead to figure out how to eliminate players stronger than I am..either through weaker players or taking stronger players on directly so every hand is mitigated by surviving with enough chips to take out the smart ones...which may take several tries. It helps if other players have been bruised by a particular player and everyone may gang up on such a player (and conversely) which alters a game flow dramatically. Statistically in any pre-flop situation, I try to be aware of a typical board texture (it has a card range too!) and the assumption that for every five players at least one will have an Ace. So when I'm looking at my hand I try to factor in all of the prior random board distributions and the cards that have been displayed. As in the "long run" there is an expectation of particular distributions (..ie. the straight flush you've never seen for several years..etc..), is this a valid consideration?:cool: [/QUOTE]

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