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Starting Hand Selection [Preflop Poker Strategy]

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In this video I discuss one of the most important strategies in no limit hold’em poker, starting hand selection! Having a solid preflop strategy is vital to playing well post-flop so I have broken down the fundamentals to make sure you are playing the correct poker strategy in any given situation.

I take a look at the importance of position around the table, the effective stack depth amongst the players in the hand and the implication of ante’s and rake so that you know how to adjust your starting hand selection optimally.

I hope you enjoy this poker strategy guide on starting hand selections!

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Starting Hand Selection [Preflop Poker Strategy]

10 thoughts on “Starting Hand Selection [Preflop Poker Strategy]”

  1. How has this video helped you to improve your starting hand selection?

  2. Last week I played tournament with 15BB's UTG and Raised 3x with 99's. Folded around to BB he called also with around 15BB's. Flop comes 2,5,10 rainbow and he leads into me with a shove and I folded. Against this aggressive/solid player would it just make sense to shove the 99's pre-flop?
    (As it turns out he had pocket 88's(He probably thought I had 2 broadways alot of the time in my range).
    This is my home game and I often stack this player when I flop an over-pair/solid hand as I know he is willing to bluff-shove for his tourney life. This ended up being a pivotal hand and I felt a bit foolish raising 3x with 99's instead of just sticking my 15BB's in. Thoughts?

  3. Is there a video on this question or can someone help me understand when these coaches are saying he's in for 20 big blinds deep or he's at a table with 60 big blinds how do I know what the blind is you could say 60 big blinds and I don't know how much that is so I have no idea what you're talking about

  4. Jonathen hello! First, when will I get to meet you at STONES, my home court!?? Sorry I missed you when you were here last time! Anyways, I know this is one of my weeknesses, pre flop selection, I really need to understand how close to these charts do you personally stick to these charts!! Do you sit there w plenty of chips and out of itching to play will you severely venture off and play 2/4 off suit or something crappy to see if it hits? Do you ever fight the feeling to gamble like a lot of us?? If not, PLEASE explain or give example what hand/hands exactly might your deviations be???? Thank you so much Jonathen, big fan, Brett Roseville, Ca

  5. Tourney start vs cash start…please elucidate…when I watch Hustler Casino Live they play crazy hands. When I try that s*** on Party Poker tour get my ass handed to me

  6. Telling my wife how thankful I am I discovered your channel. Super applicable and real world coaching. I’m literally watching my +/- start to consistently move to the + thank you!

  8. Charts link is not in the description. Might want to change that since you say it is.

  9. I don’t like getting it in with AK pre regardless of my stack depth. I personally run worse than a morbidly obese chain smoker against even the tiniest of pocket pairs and weaker aces I have crushed with AK, so that’s my reason. The last bigger tournament I entered was a $500 buyin $100K gtd live tournament at a local tribal casino poker room. Semi final table, only sitting on a min cash the way the payouts were structured. Got it in with AK off in the SB with around a 30BB stack. Hated doing it with still 30 bigs, but the table was playing pretty loose and there were lots of limpers in front of me and I was in the SB so I felt compelled to just rip with the AK rather than trying to play it OOP in a multiway pot. Got called by the button limper with AJ suited. Flop was J rag rag… turn and river jacks gave them quads 🤮

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