Hi everyone at CardsChat, thank you for having me so welcome, I wanted to know about the existence of this forum before, I have several doubts and that classic dream of being profitable with poker...
What is the smallest straight you open from UTG?
Hey jaoDuraes! Welcome to the forum!!
I am not sure what you mean by "smallest straight". Do you mean "suited connectors" like K♠Q♠ or
J♦10♦?
If it is, you can use a starting hands chart as a reference. They will suggest good hands to play with.
But for instance, when you and most people in the table have big stacks, like 40 BB or more, you should raise not only with the stronger hands, but also you can mix with good medium hands with a lot of potential, like T9s, 98s, etc.
This has 2 main benefits:
1. It will be more difficult for your opponents to know exactly what you have. If you only raise your stronger hands, why should they call you with weaker hands? They can just wait for great hand and fold when you are betting.
2. Your hand still has a lot of potential. When you hit a straight or a flush, or even two pair, you will be paid a lot, and because the first reason, they will not expect that you have this hand.
