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Could someone post the best starting hands to pla and from what position? I tend to play ay to loose, seeing the flop with almost any two cards and I want to see a chart of the hands to play so I don't get back into my habit of playing any Ace or King. Thanks

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I don't have a chart or anything, but I do play quite a bit of no limit so I'll basically go over the starting hands that I'm looking for. I play on average 20% of flops, less from out of position, and more from in position.Early PositionAny pocket pair (assuming you're playing low limits)AK-AJ suited (maybe A 10 depends on the aggressiveness of the game)AK offsuitKQ-KJ suitedAQ offsuit, KQ offsuit (can usually limp in, if too many raises, better to fold)Then you can also limp in with your QJ suitd, 10 J suited, etc if the game is pretty loose passive, but mostly you don't want to get too involved in early position.Middle PositionSame as early position, but add...Ax suited if a couple limpers in front of youKQ-K10 suited again if limpersAK-AJ offsuit... AJ off a tricky hand but if everyone folds to you, you can bring it in for a raiseThen also suited connectors if enough limpers in front of youLate PositionAgain, same from early and late...Also, if no one has entered and you're on the cut off or one of f the cutoff you can usually bring it in for a raise with even just a K10 suited, any hand you're going to play, go ahead and bring it in for a raise.Expand on your starting requirements in terms of suited connectors and one gap connectors if a lot of people have entered the pot.With all that said....The great thing about no limit is you don't have to, nor do you want to adhere to such a strict guideline, you don't want your game to be too much of the ABC style. Sometimes put in a raise from position with a 9 10 suited because it disguises your hand and you still have position on everyone. Basically you want to get most of your money involved when you have position on people in no limit. Its tough to raise A Q offsuit in early position and then be able to play it on the flop because most of the time you won't flop anything. But in late position, you can raise your hands, if you get down to heads up with one caller, then usually they won't flop anything and you can bet when they check almost no matter what to pick up the pot, if they do call, you see what they do on the turn. So my main point is, play more hands in good position, and play less out of position, which has probably been said a million times on this forum and others, but its extremely important. As far as what to do with these hands from those positions like raising and just limping in, I won't include that in this post because it'll make it too lengthy, but hopefully there will be some responses that include that... I'll just say, raise your A J on the button, but if you do want to play it early, just limp in. Things like that, good luck.

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