Opening Ranges
Which starting hands survive a raise from each seat.
Opening ranges are the first thing a player fixes and the last thing a player stops adjusting. The group covers how many hands can be opened from each seat at a nine-handed table, why the same holding is a clear raise on the button and a clear fold under the gun, and how a range narrows when players behind have shown a willingness to three-bet. The work here is memorisation before judgement: a player who has to reason out every opening decision from first principles at the table will make slower and worse decisions later in the hand.
Discussions in this area
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Week 1 of 7
Opening ranges by position
Position decides how many hands can be played profitably, because acting last is worth more than any single card in the hand.
7 min
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Week 2 of 7
Table position and initiative
Initiative is the right to make the first statement on a street, and it is worth keeping even with an unimproved hand.
6 min
