Milestone + Starting Hands for Hold Em

Last night I had my first Royal Flush.  I was only able to squeeze out .12 (it was a cash ring game) after hitting it from the guy that was heads up with me.  Still, to hit the highest hand type (odds of getting a Royal Flush are approximately 1 in 649,740) is cool nonetheless.
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On an upswing

Modifying my starting hands lately has paid tremendous dividends. In the last 3 weeks I’m up about $20, and for the level of buy in I play that’s pretty significant. I’ve switched to almost exclusively “non-turbo” game formats, which allows for 10 mins per blind structure. The natural adjustment to this is [...]