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Message: [QUOTE="turnupthebb, post: 6847519, member: 1030136"] Good answer, i like it but I still am unsure what to really think, so I will respond with some of my doubts that remain. I knew about balancing for postflop already, that's why GTO solvers say to open raise 55-22 half the time or around that frequency, just so we don't completely miss low connected boards. But I think there are very few players who can confidently notice this kind of unbalance and then exploit it. I think some would exploit it as a default strategy where they just assume most LJ players don't open those low hands. So personally I don't think it's worth worrying about balance in this situation at least. Maybe on Pokerstars because everyone is using HUD and so many regs there, but if you play live or on ggpoker then there are so many recs and it just seems unlikely that one of the regs will notice I'm not opening T9s and 98s in LJ when I open it in HJ. It just seems too unlikely imho but I could be wrong and will learn the hard way when I climb to higher stakes. I also think it was interesting what you said because I wrote in OP I think it can't be worth opening a hand if it's only for straight and flush potential because they happen rarely compared to pairs, but you're saying it is worth it. I'm not quite sure what to believe just yet. I've heard quite a few poker coaches from various training sites say they wouldn't flat an open with a low suited connector because they will be dominated. So those coaches don't think it's worth calling just for straight and flush draws. And about your comparison to AXs, some GTO solvers actually don't open A2s in LJ. I haven't looked so much at solvers for full ring but I know some training sites for live cash only open AA-ATs and A5s UTG. But T9s and 98s seems to be in basically every single chart for UTG both full ring and 6max. Even when A9s-A6s, A4s-A2s are not in the opening range. So that just makes it seem like T9s and 98s are actually very strong hands and not borderline opens. Another question that comes to my mind is if T9s and 98s are good to open just for straight and flush then why not low suited connectors as well? T9s and 98s are in almost every single chart in every position from almost every training site but not low suited connector. [/QUOTE]

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