There are several elements to consider when looking at the pre-flop hand charts in idnpoker. One of them is the ranges of hands playable from these positions, the type of bets, how to take advantage of our ‘stack’. In the first hands, even if there is not much action, the types of players are already detected. All phases of play are important, but those with good pre-flop poker play are the ones to be respected.

Pre-flop Hand Ranges: Draws

When looking for a table of pre-flop hands in poker, you usually refer to a cheat sheet about which hands are interesting to play at any given moment. Obviously, this is a first selection to see what hands can be taken into account, according to position, to open play.

UTG: From this position, we will practically only play premium hands with a raise, while with high pairs or two minor figures we can enter paying.

Medium positions: It will depend a lot if we are behind the UTG, where we will only open to A + figure or + seven suited or higher or if we approach Hijack, where we can be interested in a great variety of ‘A’ or almost any K suited.

Hijack: At this point, we lowered the bar to a pair of four, 7/6 or any Q ‘suited’, and any A. A K accompanied by something over five is also considerable.

Cutoff or Button: The range of hands here decreases enormously, as long as we do not have any play ahead. If we are alone in the hand and we have a face, no matter how small it is, or two cards of the same color, it is likely that we have a certain advantage.

Blinds: Whether it is a small or large blind, the range of hands that serve us is very large, especially if no one has risen before. ‘Suited’ connectors or simply high connectors such as 8/6 can begin to serve us.

What if there is a previous bet?

These ranges are considered in case the hand comes clean. If we have any ‘calls’ ahead, the bar will rise enormously, to the point that we are only interested in entering paying in bloated pots with a project. Regardless of what the poker pre-flop table says, we should fold everything other than AA, AK or KK if there is a previous raise, unless it is to defend a blind.

What if I have little ‘stack’?

Desperation plays tricks, although sometimes there is no other than to play desperately. If your stack is significantly small, that is, you have 20 blinds or less, you may consider lowering the yardstick a few positions. If you have 10 or less, you can consider that a wide variety of hands may be worthy of ‘all-in’. A novice poker online idn player would see this table as a guide to play, but it can go a long way. To try to read the play of your opponents, you can use this table in reverse. If he rose from UTG, you can assume that he has a very good hand, and you may want to fold.

Clare Louise