Mastering The Fundamentals: Poker Ranges

Understanding ranges is one of the most IMPORTANT lessons you will ever learn in poker!

The first step to CONSISTENTLY win money in poker is to learn how to think in terms of ranges. Stop trying to put your opponents on 1 EXACT hand. Instead, analyze ALL of the possible hands that your opponents could have in any given situation and adjust your strategy accordingly!

Ranges are everywhere in poker, and how ranges interact with eachother will be the backbone for most of the decisions you will make at the table!

Learning preflop ranges will give you a huge advantage over recreational players, as a lot of these players are choosing at random which hands they want to play!

Ranges will also help you make good decisions postflop. By deciding to play your range instead of your two hole cards, you can start to put your opponents into a guessing game where they are forced to make mistakes!

Poker Range Guide Chapter 1 - Understanding Poker Ranges:

Consider your opponent's betting actions, bet sizes & general tendencies (and of course, any tells they display!) and try to narrow down a selection of hands that they will likely play this way - this grouping of hands is your opponent's 'range'.

Poker Range Guide Chapter 2 - Assign Reasonable Ranges:

Not all players play the same way! Learning GTO (game theory optimal) ranges will give you a fundamentally sound strategy to base your decisions off of, and act as a guide to deviate from as your opponent's play-style becomes more clear.

Poker Range Guide Chapter 3 - Preflop Ranges & Postflop Ranges:

Understand that ranges will change constantly! Developing a fundamentally tight preflop range for all of your preflop spots will give you a huge advantage going to most flops - however just because a hand starts strong does not mean that it will stay strong. Make sure you are constantly considering how your range AND your opponents ranges interact with a board BEFORE deciding on your action.

Poker Range Guide Chapter 4 - Get Experience!

Make sure that you assign ranges in every hand you play. Make it a puzzle you enjoy playing! Putting players on ranges will become routine and (with practice!) you will become excellent at narrowing your opponent's range, allowing you to make the best decisions possible.

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In order to take your poker game to the next level it is vitally important you learn all the nuances of the game.

Do you know what ranges of poker hands you should be playing from each position? When should you 3-bet, call or fold? When is the right time to make a hero call or a huge bluff? Do you know how to play preflop, flop, turn & river effectively and how should your poker strategy change depending on the street? What difference does it make if you are playing multi-way vs heads-up?

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