Hate Some Starting Hands

Hi,

Ever since I really don’t like starting hands such as 5-7, 4-6, 8-10. Why? Well, because I typically just get weird straight or full house when I unfortunately have them. I can also just nail a player when I have a good flop.

Another thing, with such hands, I usually don’t know when to fold. Oftentimes, I just go for a small bet or two and then wait for some events to happen. Any piece of advice for me?

I hope to hear from you.

Thank you very much.

Carl Johnson
Carl,

My piece of advice for these starting hands is to not play them. Gap hands such as 4-6 and 5-7 may win some nice pots when you are lucky, but usually they just drain chips. If you can play them in the blind or cheaply with multiple players, you can speculate at that point, but not for raises.

If you do play them, the time to get away from them is when you do not connect with them or you flop a draw and there is significant action in front of you.

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