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This chart details the Hole Cards that we believe you should open with in an 8-max No-Limit Hold ‘Em tournament without antes – such as Match Poker Online’s™ Scrap game. They are dependent on your position, explained below.
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This shows how the texture of the flop can affect the relative strength of your hand. You hold A♠K♦ in early position and raise to 3 BB. Two players in late position calls your bet. Scenario 1: The flop comes A♥7♦3♣ which is a dry flop. Scenario 2: The flop comes A♥10♦9♦ which is a wet flop.
The positions around a table in an 8-player game, clockwise from the Dealer Button, are:
- Button/Dealer (BTN)
- Small Blind (SB)
- Big Blind (BB)
- Under The Gun (UTG)
- Under The Gun +1 (UTG+1)
- Lojack (LJ)
- Hijack (HJ)
- Cutoff (CO)
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How to interpret this chart:
This chart shows all the possible Hole Cards you could be dealt – ‘s’ for ‘suited’ and ‘o’ for ‘offsuit’.
When you are UTG (i.e. directly to the left of the Big Blind), this chart suggests you should only open (i.e. bet first) with the cards in the Red boxes.
The same goes for UTG+1 (i.e. left of UTG).
When you are in the Lojack (LJ) or Hijack (HJ) positions, more hand combinations open up. The chart suggests you can now open with all of the cards in the Orange boxes in addition to the ones in the Red boxes.
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In the Cutoff position, even more hand combinations open up. The chart now suggests you can open with all of the cards in the Yellow boxes in addition to the ones in the Orange and Red boxes.
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Next you reach the Button and Small Blind, where more options are available to you, including all of those that were available in the earlier positions. In these positions, the chart suggests you can open with any cards in any of the coloured boxes.
Any boxes that are white are those you would usually never open.
Lastly, once you are familiar with this chart and have applied it in practise, you’ll begin to learn how to deviate from these guidelines when the situation calls for it. [Click here to learn why position is so important in poker!]
Learning to quickly recognise what position you are in and how this translates to what hands you should open with will quickly improve your play. We see nothing wrong with printing this guide out and following it religiously in Scrap games (as well as in the first stage of Elimination games) as you learn to find your feet in poker. Diligence is key at this stage in your learning.
Watch your Rating Points soar as you learn to follow this guide!
*Editors Note: We frequently get feedback from players that this chart has led them astray. For example: “I had K3o on the Button and folded, per this chart, and the Flop came out 3-3-K. I could’ve won 3000 chips because three other people played that hand, who I would’ve beaten.”
To this, our response is that we apologise for leading you astray in that hand, but, in the long run, this chart will ensure you end up in front. We explain this in our article on Expected Value – an integral concept for all aspirational poker players.
At the small stakes and mid-stakes levels, there are a lot of players who are unfamiliar with the concept of C-betting or make a lot of mistakes on the flop that cost them their stacks. In this blog, we’ll go through some poker tips that will help you with flop continuation betting (C-Betting) and earn you deeper runs and more final tables!
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Group Flops Into Sub-Categories
There are 1,755 strategically different types of flops. It’s impossible to learn strategies for everyone single one of the types separately. However, what you can do is that you group them together into sub-categories like Axx, K/Q + 2, paired and monotone. This will make learning c-betting on the flop strategies easier for you.
C-Bet More In-Position That Out-Of-Position
Check out your c-betting stats right now. If your c-betting In-Position and Out-Of-Position percentages are close together, then you’re doing something wrong! Either you’re not c-betting enough in position. Or you’re c-betting too much out of position.
C-Bet More Often On Paired Boards
If you take a look at a solver, it will almost always advocate for a small bet size and very often! The Big Blind will have a high proportion of very strong hands but also hands that are likely to fold to a big c-bet! When we bet small the Big Blind has to call more often, and very often these hands are not that strong.
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C-Bet Big/Check On Low Boards
Both low connected and low unconnected boards have a big c-bet or check strategy. You must think about the range of the Big Blind and if the board connects with their range or not. They will often have hit their pairs on lower boards and have made hands such as two pairs, straights or sets. When we have too many hands that can’t comfortably c-bet and call a check-raise, we have to c-bet a more polarised range and start checking back some hands.
Frequently C-Bet Flops That Are Good For Your Range
Look out for the boards that are the best for your range and bet them very frequently. These boards include 2 Broadway, ABB, ABx since we have a higher proportion of the very strong hands like sets, two pairs and straights.
These tips may seem like pretty common things to do while playing poker. But a lot of players still make mistakes and lose money by not c-betting the correct number of times. Hopefully, these tips will help you understand and apply and adapt your game to a better level.
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