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anthony c
Rock Star
Silver Level
It will never be just 1 hand!!
Put your opponent on a range of hands to do that you have to get as much info as you can: like what is his image,is he good or not,how many hands he plays.
From what pos. he raises, and how he plays on flop does he cbet allot and how he plays turn and river.
Then u have to put the puzzle together and u will have a few hand not just 1 and
then decide what is the best action
Practice make perfect
good luck
Put your opponent on a range of hands to do that you have to get as much info as you can: like what is his image,is he good or not,how many hands he plays.
From what pos. he raises, and how he plays on flop does he cbet allot and how he plays turn and river.
Then u have to put the puzzle together and u will have a few hand not just 1 and
then decide what is the best action
Practice make perfect
good luck
Beanfacekilla
Legend
Silver Level
Search "hand ranging" or similar on YouTube. There are some good videos on there to help you.
However, I believe a good hand reader has to have a lot of experience.
I have been playing poker most of my life. When you gain experience, you become familiar with the way people play. Hand ranging becomes easy.
Start by asking yourself "what can I beat?"
Next ask yourself "what kinds of hands does opponent do that with?"
If he is repping A-K, does the story make sense? Did he raise preflop?
Review in your mind all streets of the hand. It is like a puzzle. All the pieces are there, you just need to put them together correctly.
And one of the most important factors to ranging someone is that person's table image. What kinds of hands do they play? Are they passive (very important)? Are they capable of a bluff (surprisingly, people do not bluff that often)? Does their story make sense?
Here is an example:
Opponent opens for 4x preflop. Flop comes king high, rainbow. They check, you check.
Turn blank. Check, check.
River another king. Board something like K-7-3-8-K
Opponent now bets full pot. He checked 2 streets, but now he likes the king. Doesn't make sense. Unless he flopped a huge hand, and he is waiting for you to catch up.
You start your range preflop, and define it more clearly as the hand progresses.
LAGGY players are very challenging to range. They do not play ABC poker. TAGGY players are a bit more predictable. And fish/calling stations are fairly easy to read. If a fish raises you, you better have a strong hand to continue. They rarely bluff.
Bottom line is, experience is paramount to hand-read well. It is simply easier when you have been in a similar spot many times before.
Just my $0.02
However, I believe a good hand reader has to have a lot of experience.
I have been playing poker most of my life. When you gain experience, you become familiar with the way people play. Hand ranging becomes easy.
Start by asking yourself "what can I beat?"
Next ask yourself "what kinds of hands does opponent do that with?"
If he is repping A-K, does the story make sense? Did he raise preflop?
Review in your mind all streets of the hand. It is like a puzzle. All the pieces are there, you just need to put them together correctly.
And one of the most important factors to ranging someone is that person's table image. What kinds of hands do they play? Are they passive (very important)? Are they capable of a bluff (surprisingly, people do not bluff that often)? Does their story make sense?
Here is an example:
Opponent opens for 4x preflop. Flop comes king high, rainbow. They check, you check.
Turn blank. Check, check.
River another king. Board something like K-7-3-8-K
Opponent now bets full pot. He checked 2 streets, but now he likes the king. Doesn't make sense. Unless he flopped a huge hand, and he is waiting for you to catch up.
You start your range preflop, and define it more clearly as the hand progresses.
LAGGY players are very challenging to range. They do not play ABC poker. TAGGY players are a bit more predictable. And fish/calling stations are fairly easy to read. If a fish raises you, you better have a strong hand to continue. They rarely bluff.
Bottom line is, experience is paramount to hand-read well. It is simply easier when you have been in a similar spot many times before.
Just my $0.02
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sillymunchie
Visionary
Silver Level
one thing that helped me is looking at the board, and trying to figure out what you think the opponent could have "when your not in the pot" if it goes to showdown how accurate was your read, play the hand back in your own mind or with a replayer if it helps, and see what the opponent was trying to do
For instance
K 6 5 flop. you bet, opponent calls.......... flop 10, you check, he raises, Ace hits the board, he shoves all in, and you see he has A 8 in his hand
now when you look back at it, hes called your raise pre flop light, so he is a Loose player
hes missed the board but he flats you anyway, maybe to see what you do on the turn
you have checked to him, so he raises you as a bluff cus he thinks you have missed
River hits, he thinks he just got lucky and wants paying
This is your typical average losing 2c 4c player
when he flats you pre, hes doing it light, hes difficult to read because he calls you with nothing
he will try to ouplay you without considering what hand you have, and this is why we usually say TPTK is great against these types of opponents
but when he does this same move again..... what do we put him on????
you can put him on a range "Ace high" or "straight draw" depending on the board, and then play it accordingly, if the straight hits, and he bets big into you, well what did we learn earlier "he got it all in when he felt he got lucky"
so we could very well be up against a straight and can let go of our TP TK
its all about experience against the player "player type"
For instance
K 6 5 flop. you bet, opponent calls.......... flop 10, you check, he raises, Ace hits the board, he shoves all in, and you see he has A 8 in his hand
now when you look back at it, hes called your raise pre flop light, so he is a Loose player
hes missed the board but he flats you anyway, maybe to see what you do on the turn
you have checked to him, so he raises you as a bluff cus he thinks you have missed
River hits, he thinks he just got lucky and wants paying
This is your typical average losing 2c 4c player
when he flats you pre, hes doing it light, hes difficult to read because he calls you with nothing
he will try to ouplay you without considering what hand you have, and this is why we usually say TPTK is great against these types of opponents
but when he does this same move again..... what do we put him on????
you can put him on a range "Ace high" or "straight draw" depending on the board, and then play it accordingly, if the straight hits, and he bets big into you, well what did we learn earlier "he got it all in when he felt he got lucky"
so we could very well be up against a straight and can let go of our TP TK
its all about experience against the player "player type"