Part 4 of 6 Marginal Hands
Marginal hands are hole cards like, KQ UTG, JTo in middle position, Ax(9-2) in late position, 98s on the button.
People often ask, how to play those kind of hands, and if they do play them and they fail to make +$ return, is that a leak in their game?
These types of hands I like to call positional,
really depend on the types of players at the table. How do the players play their blinds. How do they perceive me at the table. There really are a lot of factors that go into playing your hole cards pre flop.
To a new player, these types of hands can get you into a lot of trouble. They look like good drawing hands, or potentially great hands to hit a flop hard. The more experienced players will know if they are ahead, or have the right odds to call a draw, so these hands to them are not a leak in their game, more like small mistake if it was a 'bad' call pre flop.
Hand selection for a new player is very important, so to those that are new, and still learning the game, I suggest sticking to strong cards by position. Playing to see a flop, and playing the flop. You really don't make that much by 'stealing' pots pre flop anyways.
IF
your playing a table where everyone simply limps in every hand, with little raising pre flop, these hands like said above can hit a flop hard, but know when you should fold it,
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| if the action starts to heat up, and you only hit small part of the flop. Get Out |
KQo or JTo hitting middle pair in multi way pot is not very strong,
someone could easily have flopped 2 pair or trips......easily