American Online Poker

Assignment #4
Memorize Groups 1, 2, and 3 of my starting hands. This list is designed specifically to thwart higher limit players and good lower limit players who know how to take advantage of you if you're playing too loose for your position. Following this list will help ensure that you're in a good position for the hands you play so you'll have a decent chance to win them.
Assignment #5

1. Next time you play hold 'em in your regular game, always raise and reraise with Group 1 hands. When you have these hands, be the one to put in the last raise before the flop.
2. With Group 2 hands, always raise before the flop, if you are first after the big blind to enter the pot. If you are reraised, just call.

3. With Group 3 hands, always see the flop, unless you have to call three or four bets cold. If you call two bets cold and a player behind you reraises, go ahead and call to see the flop.

4. Play Group 4 hands if you can limp in for only one bet. Don't call two or more bets cold, but if you limp in for one bet and someone raises behind you, go ahead and call to see the flop.

5. Do not play any other hand unless you are in one of the blinds.
6. Make a list of Groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 and jot down how I'm asking you to play the hands in those groups. You can take this list with you to the game and refer to it as you like.
7. Calculate how many hands there are in each of the first four groups and determine what percentage of all possible hands this represents.

8. Play as many times as you like using the above instructions. Once you understand and can manage at the table without referring to any notes, you can leave your list at home.
9. Don't forget to keep detailed records of your playing sessions, as you learned to do in Chapter 4.

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