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Basic strategy

Which starting hands to play and how position changes your range.

2 articles · About 13 min · We recommend reading from the top

  • 1Starting-hand notation and the 169 hand types
  • 2Opening ranges by position
  • 3Why acting later is an advantage
  1. 01ElementaryAbout 7 min

    Starting hands

    Starting-hand charts for each position.

    • Ranking the 169 starting hands
    • Starting ranges by position
  2. 02ElementaryAbout 6 min

    Position and action order

    Why acting later is an advantage.

    • Position names at a 6-handed table
    • What late position lets you do
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