These are the best 75% of all hands, measured in strength against a random hand.
You can simply go to Pokerstove (free program, google and download it if you don't have it yet) and type in 75%. A good basis to start the match with would be to open roughly 70-80% of your hands to 3bb. Should you raise this hand or not? In order to avoid these kind of dilemmas, it is recommendable to stick to a certain range. Lets say its the first hand of a Heads-Up match and you are on the button with Q ♦ 4 ♠. We also need to figure out the amount by which you raise. We are looking for a 'standard range' that you can use against an opponent about whom you know very little. There are more than enough reasons to get into 100bb stacked poker. Maybe you spot a weak player with 100bb, or you just want to take on a regular. Throughout the article we will be assuming that both players have stacks of 100 big blinds in front of them.Īs profitable as it is playing against shortstackers, it is even more profitable if this shortstacker suddenly sits down at a table with 100 big blinds. In this article I will explain how to form a solid basis for fullstacked preflop Head-Up play. In my previous Heads-Up article I talked about how to adjust your game to shortstackers. Hereby we will be looking into playing on the button and playing in the big blind.
Today we will be discussing how to form a solid basis for fullstacked preflop Heads-Up Hold'em poker