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Master Preflop Hand Selection and Positional Strategy
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Check your position and hand. Review the action before you. Choose the correct action (Fold/Call/Raise). Based on Tight-Aggressive (TAG) style strategy. Review the board cards and your hand, find the best 5-card combination, and select the correct hand ranking.
Later positions allow you to play a wider range of hands. Premium hands (AA, KK, QQ, AK) should be raised from any position. Play tight from early positions. You can play more aggressively from the button.
Strategy combining tight hand selection with aggressive betting. Play only premium hands, but bet and raise aggressively when you do play.
Your seat location relative to the button. Late positions (CO, BTN) have informational advantage, while early positions (UTG, MP) are disadvantaged.
Simple way to notate poker hands. AA=pocket aces, AKs=Ace-King suited (same suit), AKo=Ace-King offsuit (different suits). "s" means suited (flush possible), "o" means offsuit (different suits). Higher card is written first.
Poker hand rankings from strongest to weakest. Your rank is the best 5-card combination made from the five board cards and your two hole cards. ① Royal Flush (A♥ K♥ Q♥ J♥ 10♥): A-K-Q-J-10 all same suit, the strongest hand. ② Straight Flush (9♠ 8♠ 7♠ 6♠ 5♠): five consecutive cards of the same suit. ③ Four of a Kind (10♠ 10♥ 10♦ 10♣ A♥): four cards of the same rank. ④ Full House (J♠ J♥ J♣ 8♦ 8♠): three of a kind plus a pair. ⑤ Flush (A♥ K♥ 10♥ 7♥ 5♥): five cards of the same suit. ⑥ Straight (9♥ 8♠ 7♦ 6♣ 5♠): five consecutive cards, any suit. ⑦ Three of a Kind (Q♠ Q♥ Q♣ A♦ K♠): three cards of the same rank. ⑧ Two Pair (K♠ K♥ Q♣ Q♦ J♠): two separate pairs. ⑨ One Pair (A♠ A♥ K♣ Q♦ J♠): two cards of the same rank. ⑩ High Card (A♥ K♠ Q♦ J♣ 9♠): highest card when no other combination is made.
Percentage of hands where you voluntarily put money in the pot. TAG players typically maintain 15-20% VPIP.
Re-raising an opponent's raise. Used with premium hands or as a bluff.
Betting on the flop after raising preflop. Maintains aggression and helps take down pots.
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