How to start developing ranges?
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How to start developing ranges?
So I recently got essential here, and I've been watching a lot of pros go over hand history. I love watching people go over hand histories because it kind of shows you how you should be thinking about decisions. Anyway, I'll hear them talk a lot about ranges and what people could possibly have? How do you even start to figure this out, especially in the micros?
It seems like this is a huge part of people's though process, but I can't seem to even grasp how to come up with this. I've read some poker books, but having ADHD, it's very hard to retain what I read. Are there any videos on here that cover this, or can anyone give me a short and sweet version, or even point me in the direction of learning this? Because it seems pretty important when making decisions.
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I think your question is a little bit misleading. The question is saying you want to be able to develop your own ranges, instead of knowing how to read people's ranges, which I think is actually what you wanna do by reading the rest. Thats the single most important thing in poker: being able to put people on a range of hands. It basically comes from an understanding of people's actions: why they bet/raise, why they check, why they fold. As soon as you understand that, with a bit of logic in your thought process, you will be able to know which hands someone is probably going to have when he takes an specific action. An stupid example would be: which hands a person that is RAISING from UTG might have? Here comes the logic: the person is raising, so he probably has a hand that he believes is strong enough to play and he is raising from UTG, which is the first position to act pre flop. Since he is acting first, he should have a strong hand because he does not have any information on the other players ranges. Putting people on a range is all about gathering information: position, stack, bet size, board texture and post flop action, timing, etc
I guess this can be read as a little confusing, I meant as developing other players ranges. I'm working on making my own range right now, based on how other players are playing and positions.
I'm trying to go with mainly what I see players do on showdown, and what they might have, and betting patterns, but I don't want to be doing it wrong, and doing something that might be -ev on my game. Like if I'm on 6s for example, and the flop is like 257r, I'll try and make a range of cards I can see the villain playing, and see if it be worthwhile to bet for a bluff there, etc etc. Maybe a bad example, but I hope that made some sort of sense of what I'm trying to do at the very least.
play a lot
how about run it thru a equity calculator as a simulation
A good starting point (NLHE/PLO 6max game) would be to start developing your own preflop ranges.
1) Understand which hands to open from which position and WHY. (Hint: You should only open a hand from given position if it profitable. {folding is free if you are not in the blinds})
2) Think about how would you play against your own ranges. Position vs position. -> That way you'll develop your cold calling, 3betting and folding ranges.
3) Try to figure out how does your opponent understand&execute preflop ranges.
This is in a nutshell how I started developing my ranges... After that you'll start figuring out how your preflop ranges hit on certain board textures and start developing c-betting ranges, check-calling ranges, etc. If reading is hard for you, watch videos and try to stay very focused. Listen carefully how the coach explains different spots and make notes. If you don't understand something, watch it again or ask in the comment section. There's also very handy computer programs for range work e.g. Flopzilla, CREV etc.
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