This might be the dumbest question of all time, but range % and combo?
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This might be the dumbest question of all time, but range % and combo?
Hey all,
I've recently started to play low-stakes in an attempt to grow my bankroll. I just have a list of questions that I might need answered.
I am using PT4, and I've reading some stickies on 2p2 and watching videos on RIO. When I have been watching videos, there are few things I need clarifications on.
Using HUD has become the most difficult thing for me. I know how to identify if a player is tight or loose given VPIP/PFR.
However, I don't know how I can dissect a player's range given the percentage. To simplify (or to dumb) the question, I'm asking
"What hand ranges consist of 18%?"
"His AFf or AFt is this and this, what kind of range is possible?"
Truth be told, I've been playing poker like "oh I have this hand, let me iso this guy." "Oh Flop texture is this, but given the action he's unlikely to have this so let me bet."
I'm just confused by how to interpret huds and et cetera..
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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"What hand ranges consist of 18%?"
For example you can use pokerstove. Of course nobody has the same open range, even if they have the same PFR percent - in our example 18%... Somebody has high hard value fetish, the other one love suited gapper, etc.
"His AFf or AFt is this and this, what kind of range is possible?"
It's something more specific. Villains can bet for value or bluff - it not depends on the AFq. But! at lower stakes passive players bets the nuts only, and aggro playeres usually bets with everything.
You need to sit down for some hours with flopzilla, crev, odds oracle or whatever other software you want to use and get used to what different ranges look like and what board textures affect the equity of those ranges.
I think the best thing you can do is to get a flopzilla license (It's 30$ if I remember correctly) and you will also get a registration key for an equity calculator called HoldEq which also allows you to plot equity distribution graphs. This is probably the cheapest and best (for most purposes up to a point of course) solution. You could also have a look at a program called Combonator or PokerRanger but these are slightly more advanced than flopzilla and also more expensive.
An entirely free equity calculator that's also quite versatile is Equilab. That could also be of interest to you !
use flopzilla play around with it. Some people open the same amount but with different hands. For example some people won't open small pocket pairs UTG but may have the same open % UTG as the person who opens them.
Download equilab and mess around with it.
A rule of thumb when you're converting from a % to number of combos is to add 1/3rd and add a zero.
Sounds a little abstract when I put it that way but it's pretty easy, 15% = 200 combos, 9% = 120 combos, etc. I think it can generally be a good idea to try to do this kind of stuff without the help of software too, to get it in your head so you're able to run it through in your head as you play.
Use flopzilla bro! or equilab etc
I would argue that flopzilla is a better choice than equilab, but for a beginner I'd choose equilab, its free and slightly less complicated to use than flopzilla (even though you can do more with flopzilla). When you're sufficiently competent with equilab, shell out the $35 or so for flopzilla.
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