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July 02, 2002

Differences Between 10/7/50 and 10/7/80 Strategies

When I promised to deliver this list last week, I hadn't worked them all out yet. Now I have them all (I think --- not 100% sure), I see many of them are of miniscule value and/or have penalty card conditions attached to them. This makes them outside the interest of many of my readers. So some readers will study this list more than others.

A fuller description of these hands will appear in a new 10/7 Double Bonus report by Liam W. Daily and me which will be published in a few months.

Penalty cards mentioned:

sp --- straight penalty --- card is close enough to be in same five cards
fp --- flush penalty --- card is of the same suit
highcard sp --- a straight penalty that is a J, Q, K, or A
paired sp --- two straight penalties paired with each other
sfp --- straight flush penalty (to an A). Therefore 2,3,4 or 5 and of the same suit as the A.
high sp (to a J) --- Specifically an A, K, or Q
high pair penalty (to a KQJ) --- either an K, Q, or J

In each of these cases, a dollars and cents amount is given on the size of the error, should you choose the second-best play. Notice that often the biggest errors happen when you make an adjustment when none is called for.

10/7/50 10/7/80 By How Much?

SF4 non-inside with one or more high cards > ST5

Jh Th 9h 8h 7c JT987 JT98 21.3¢

Js Th 9h 8h 7h JT987 JT987 10.6¢

suited KQJ with neither sp nor high pair penalty > KQJx

Kh Qh Jh 6h 7c KQJ6 KQJ 6.5¢

Kh Qh Jh 6h 9c KQJ6 KQJ6 1.2¢

Kh Qh Jh 6h Qc KQJ6 KQJ6 2.3¢

suited KQT or KJT with neither sp nor fp > KK,QQ,JJ

Ks Qs Ts Qh 5d QQ KQT 2.7¢

Ks Qs Ts Qh 9d QQ QQ 6.6¢

Ks Qs Ts Qh 5s QQ QQ 4.7¢

suited QJ9 or JT9 > 22,33,44

Qs Js 9s 3h 3s 33 QJ9 5.3¢

suited QJ8 > AKQJ

Ah Ks Qd Jd 8d AKQJ QJ8 6.9¢

SF3 0i 0hi without highcard sp or paired sp > 55-TT

5c 6c 7c 6h Ks 66 567 8.5¢

7d 8d 9d Jc 9s 99 99 0.7¢

7d 8d 9d 5c 9s 99 789 0.7¢

5d 6d 7d 9c 9h 99 99 3.0¢

SF3 2i 2hi > AKQJ

Ad Ks Qh Jh 8h AKQJ QJ8 8.9¢

SF3 i 0hi > any two suited high cards

Qd Jd 7c 6c 4c QJ 764 9.2¢

SF3 2i 1hi > suited AK, AQ, AJ, KQ, KJ

Ah 2h 4h Ks Qs KQ A24 10.1¢

Ah Jh Qs 9s 8s AJ Q98 9.4¢

SF3 2i 1 hi with sp > ST4i 2hi

Qh Js Th 8h 5c QJT8 QT8 13.0¢

ST3 2i 0hi with no sp > ST4i 1 hi

Ah 2d 3s 5s 7s A235 357 4.2¢

Ah 4s 2c 5c 6c A425 A425 5.1¢

SF3 2i 0hi > A, J, QJ, suited QT,QJT

5d 7d 9d 6c Ah A 579 5.2¢

Qd Td 6c 4c 2c QT 642 7.5¢

Qd Js 6c 4c 2c QJ 642 6.5¢

Tc 7c 6c Qs Jh QJT T76 0.5¢

Tc 8c 6c Qs Jh QJT8 QJT8 29.1¢

suited JT with no fp or high sp > JT87

Js Ts 8h 7h 4c JT87 JT 1.9¢

Js Ts 8h 7h 4s JT87 JT87 7.8¢

Js Ts 8h 7h Ac JT87 JT87 3.9¢

Js Ts 9h 7h 4c JT97 JT97 0.6¢

suited JT > suited JTx always

Jc Tc 5c Ad 9h JT5 JT 2.6¢

Jc Tc 5c Ad 8h JT JT 0.1¢

SF3 2i 0h 8 or 9 hi > suited JT

Js Ts 8h 6h 4h JT 864 0.4¢

Js Ts 7h 6h 3h JT JT 2.0¢

suited QT > FL3 1 hi always

Qd Td Ac 9c 5c A95 QT 0.3¢

Qd Td Ac 8c 5c QT QT 2.8¢

KT with no 9p > A with sfp

Ah Ks Ts 8d 5h A KT 1.4¢

Ah Ks Ts 9d 5h A A 0.04¢

Ah Ks Ts 8d 5c A A 3.4¢

suited 9T (with highest other card 6 or lower)(except not 652 or 632 two of which are suited) > Draw 5

9s Ts 6c 5h 3c Draw 5 9T 0.2¢

9s Ts 7c 5h 3c Draw 5 Draw 5 2.3¢

9s Ts 6c 5h 2c Draw 5 Draw 5 0.02¢

9s Ts 6c 5h 2d Draw 5 9T 0.4¢

9s Ts 6c 4h 3c Draw 5 9T 0.4¢

suited 89 (542 or 543 all unsuited, or 432 with any two suited) > Draw 5

9s 8s 5c 4h 3d Draw 5 89 0.3¢

9s 8s 5c 4h 3c Draw 5 Draw 5 0.1¢

9s 8s 4c 3h 2h Draw 5 89 2.0¢

suited 45 when other cards are 89T > Draw 5

4h 5h 8s 9c Tc Draw 5 45 1.8¢