10 thoughts on “How to Put Your Opponents on a Hand Range”

1. I agree with alot of what he says, except when he starts thinking ( button ) "he cant have a big pair cuz he didnt raise preflop, he cant have 2 pair or a set cuz he didnt raise flop or turn….just because the button didnt raise or bet, doesnt mean he has crap…he set a trap and Alec fell into it….traps dont work often, but they do work…he slow played 10's and faded the other jack…thats poker right?….I slow play big pairs from all positions time to time…some I win, some I lose….its called luck…

2. This is why you’re supposed to always come in with a bet pre-flop.
   The point is if you’re going to play a hand regardless of your range you always want to come in with a bet. Simple reason for 1. You don’t want to fight the whole table with your hand.
   2. Which is the most important.
   If you don’t bet pre-flop when you decide to play your hand and the action comes to you and you decide to limp now you have no clue on your opponents range. You need to start a foundation on his range betting pre-flop is that foundation. Otherwise you have no gauge and you will be clueless of his range.

3. This is mostly right, trips are deadly lol. One thing I always consider is previous hands played, I think this should've be factored into the video content, without it, it is hard to tell if right or wrong. Lots of tight players may not raise preflop, to avoid being ranged, if they miss, cheap miss, if they catch like in this situation it is a big payoff. Regarding, the main point of the video, even if you played 100% and got caught don't give up is the right message.

4. The hand range funnel link doesnt work anymore 🙁

5. I'm a novice, but I think you played it well considering. Your point about separating the results and the merits is such a great piece of advice. If you do know the opponent or have noticed him attempting to trap (I see this a lot at my level; every day someone is trying to trap me with AA or KK), then I think you need to be less liberal with removing made hands from their range. For example, if the opponent is trapping, we can probably remove top pair and two-pair but we have to keep sets in their range because they would trap with sets. It does seem to me that there were indicators that would identify the possibility of a trap. This is a great hand for trapping with pocket TT. You called SB rather than raising (granted, limpers) but I don't think you would call with JJ in that spot more often that not. More likely, you're working a draw, high-card-bad-kicker, or trash. Flop comes. You bet ~pot. Prior to the flop, your range was rather wide (only the big blind had a wider range). This bet fired a cannonball into that. Again, novice here but I think the ~pot bet set you up for a trap. If I was on the BTN, I would discount all garbage hands from your range because those hands have a lot of -EV betting 4-handed (both actual and after discounting the hand-equity/fold-equity you probably won't realize). I would also discount all nutted hands such as KQ or AKs. Those hands probably would have raised pre-flop. That leaves your best hands being KJo, 98s, and JT. He's going to put you on JX and 98 because he has the TT. I also think you tried to take a decent draw hand and turn it into top pair with a good kicker, which seems dangerous 4-handed. With that, this is a great opportunity for him to trap you. Either, (a) you have JX or two-pair, in which case you'll keep betting and then probably induce a bluff which is the best option for him, (b) you have a draw, brick, and attempt to bluff on the river which is good for him, (c) you have a draw, brick, and fold, which is meh, or (d) you have a draw, get there, and he folds, which is meh. By betting ~pot, option (c) becomes much better for him because you're putting lots of money into the pot for him to be content with should you have the draw, brick, and fold. The only option he doesn't like as a trapper now is option (d) which still isn't that bad because he has so much equity over you if you're on the draw (your best equity is 18% with the flush). He simply has no reason to fold and no reason to raise with TT. Turn comes 2. You overbet. The 98 is sucked out of your range leaving you with JX and JT. This is now the perfect situation for him because you'll either bet on the river or induce a bluff and he likes both options. You've also just missed your turn opportunity to catch him trapping. If you check on the turn, it's bad for him as a trapper. You're probably not trying to induce a bluff since there is still a river card to come. You'll probably fold if he bets into you and that indicates he's likely trapping. His best option is to check and hope you bet on the river. At which point, you might discern that something is afoot. If you do check, then he is likely either trapping or drawing. If the brick comes, you can bet small. If he bricked the draw, he can't call. But if he raises, you can use a similar process of deduction to determine that he either bricked 98 or is holding a set. At which point, you can justifiably fold since he'll actually have a healthy portion of sets in his range. 5 comes on the river, which is a perfect brick because players with draws do bet big in these situations to try to get a fold. You check which induces a bluff. He takes the opportunity to bluff exactly how you would expect him too only he's trapping so this is exactly what he wants. You call. He's got you with the set. Thoughts?

6. I said tens

7. Why were you betting so big before the river?

8. i would avoid calling hands like QJ offsuit out of position preflop. Cauz half the time u r dominated by KQ,AQ,AJ,KJ. If you hit your pair, you dont know if you are ahead or not. Since we have no position, it would be tough to control the pot size. If we donk bet small to control pot size, it would look like we are weak. I mean specially against maniac 3 betters, avoid out of position calls with mediocre hands.

   I am aware that opponent just limped and not raised

9. random but how do u play deep stacks when playing like AA or AK? do u always 4bet or 5bet and do u need to have like Ak to ballance? sorry super random but just starting live poker from 100bb 6max

10. If I'm the button and sitting on medium pair (10's) and flop a set I'm quite happy to call a big better then go AI on the river. I'm NEVER calling huge bet with high pair. I'm waiting for good hands while losing occaisional small pots to show I'm a "playa."

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