Hand Reading

Question 1

What are the five general hand range categories?

Answer 1

1 - Pocket pairs (22-AA)

2 - Broadway cards (AK, AQ, AJ, AT, KQ, KJ, KT, QJ, QT, JT)

3 - Suited connectors (T9s-43s)

4 - Cusp hands (A9s, 75s, T9o, etc.)

5 - Trash (T4o, 63s, 72o, etc.)

Question 2

What four questions should you ask yourself when hand reading?

Answer 2

1 - What’s the worst pocket pair they’d have?

2 - What’s the worst broadway they’d have?

3 - What’s the worst suited connector they’d have?

4 - Any other hands?

Question 3

What seven questions make up the preflop checklist?

Answer 3

1 - What is the effective stack size?

2 - What range of cards would my opponent take action with?

3 - If I take action x, what range will my opponents put me on?

4 - What does my bet size accomplish? Does it create a good, bad, or great scenario?

5 - What are the players left to act likely to do?

6 - What will the pot size be on the flop?

7 - What are the players left likely to do postflop?