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What do you mean by "big table"? High stakes? 11 or 12 players? The kind of table King Authur used to eat banquets at?

If you mean number of players, it kind of comes down to the nature of the game...is there a lot of limping? If you can see cheap flops, small pairs and suited connectors (zero to two-gapped), and AX suited, all can be very good hands, because of implied odds, and maybe even unsuited hands like 9T, TJ. The beauty of these "speculative" hands is you know a lot on the flop and can easily fold if you miss.

If there is a lot of 3- and 4-betting preflop, you can only really afford to play big card hands, JJ+, KQ, AK, AQ are about it in a full ring (9-11 handed) game, although you might occasionally add TJ suited which is said to be the best hand to crack big pairs. Hell, in a tough, aggressive 10-handed game, I don't even like JJ or QQ that much..you are typically either crushed or looking at a coin flip, and they play poorly post-flop a lot of the time.

What do you mean by "big table"? High stakes? 11 or 12 players? The kind of table King Authur used to eat banquets at?

What do you mean by "big table"? High stakes? 11 or 12 players? The kind of table King Authur used to eat banquets at?

If you mean number of players, it kind of comes down to the nature of the game...is there a lot of limping? If you can see cheap flops, small pairs and suited connectors (zero to two-gapped), and AX suited, all can be very good hands, because of implied odds, and maybe even unsuited hands like 9T, TJ. The beauty of these "speculative" hands is you know a lot on the flop and can easily fold if you miss.

If there is a lot of 3- and 4-betting preflop, you can only really afford to play big card hands, JJ+, KQ, AK, AQ are about it in a full ring (9-11 handed) game, although you might occasionally add TJ suited which is said to be the best hand to crack big pairs. Hell, in a tough, aggressive 10-handed game, I don't even like JJ or QQ that much..you are typically either crushed or looking at a coin flip, and they play poorly post-flop a lot of the time.

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B. Alvn
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What do you mean by "big table"? High stakes? 11 or 12 players? The kind of table King Authur used to eat banquets at?