Estimating an Opponent’s Starting Hand Range in a Sit ‘n’ Go Poker Tournament

A fast and short sit n go poker tournaments, there are few opportunities to play poker good old level. That is, to play poker reflective slow, with plenty of time to reflect on the exact two cards in the hand of an opponent. You know, the kind of thinking of a cash game or tournament offered slowly accumulated deep.

Our type of tournament, our thinking must be reduced in the control of a published estimate of the possible range of an opponent’s hand, instead of a specific operation. And often, these estimates are not much more than a quick and intuitive insight on the fly.

Thus, in an attempt to areas of possible hands for common variables to quantify the tournament, so we can help our quick estimate, I hope I did the following list, based on (sklansky-karlson sk) from hand rankings. In the ranking of sk, anything is possible from 169 hold’em hands separated into nine groups, and depending on your chance to win a momentum all-in confrontation. The groups range from the container places any value in the hands of group 9, the bonus winning hands in group 1 certainly there are problems with the use of punctuation specific piece of a typical sk poker hand between multiple enemies. The list is intended, however, to lead a process of analytical thinking about a possible opponent of an attitude, not to express or imply the absolute values. While the presentation of the hand is sufficient, though not absolute, the estimates are quite similar. So what we have here is a collection of estimates, but are very close based on many observations.

In poker, when deciding whether to confirm or not the chips, the best we can do is speculate, or just a guess, based on our personal experiences, as we often never know what two cards were held by an opponent, at least until it’s too late. But if you have been involved in, and carefully observed, 1000 ‘s clashes with 1,000′ s more of each type of player, then you should be able to get some reasonable estimates very closely. It hypothetical, estimates from the following list will serve as a guide to good opportunities for reflection on issues common to the tournament. But as with most poker situations, decisions on the basis that the list would be just another of many decisions that are based solely on an estimate calculated that the bread and butter of poker, since n “no have all the information -. Only some of these pieces of real, and some deliberately misleading. However, as already indicated, the question is not whether these estimates are correct, or are close or not, but more importantly, a sense of how the variables that may influence selection of starting hands frequent rival. And to the extent that this influence can not always go to the selection of an opponent out of a rule or standard.

In other words, variables, human and poker are the driving force behind all actions and the changes we see in the game of why we should be able to identify most frequently occurs, and understand all the many possible variables. And to influence their potential to change from the norm. Basically, we just need a name with a face, so to speak. Or, in this exercise, a range of values ??of a variable. In this thus, our analytical thinking, and possibly also the intuition to quickly see a solution when faced with such situations.

Moreover, since they are almost always issues human nature to solve problems in the solution of poker, and because human nature is so complex as it is, our estimates are often used even more widely than it is possible to consider here. It is because of this huge mass of human variability and poker, to keep coming back to the default answer to every issue of the status of poker, ie “why.” in other words, each response is always a matter of poker to variables, people and poker. Therefore, there are too many variables for there to be absolute. And often there are too many variables to be considered reliable, even a guess. To test just look at all the discussion forum on online poker and opinions often anger day about a certain hand should be played or not yours. However, it is easy and accurate, the following will help you organize your thoughts list about starting hands in order to better identify situations and common patterns of behavior, as you will be able to quickly appreciate the best course of action list is expected to give guidance for this type of poker questions. Under li> should I call / re-raise a bet / raise this player? ‘s lying, semi-bluffing, or that has to help?

how strong is your hand?

I can bluff that player?

I can steal the pot?

need a better hand than the player?

when I became a race to commit all my chips on this player?

what we have seen, that player has changed your practice? Y most problem in the context of other enemies that may arise during a tournament. Pli>
   was estimated from hand ranges of these variables have been awarded: stage of the tournament – the size of the blinds.

mood of the opponent. battery. table position. playing the opponent. collective style of opponents – texture of the board and experience as a player..

the range of values ??apply to you or an opponent. Thus, if any, could serve as a barometer of the current or predictor of performance. Or, as a guide for how to evaluate your opponent as a player (his image in the table). Or, as the possible involvement of starting hands. In other words, the observable data that can help an opponent, that same data is also seen by an opponent who understands you better.

So what is that? Take, for example, and our rules or standards, an experienced tight-aggressive (tag) player. The following is a representation of the commutation of the hand, we can reasonably expect from the selected variables, based on our numerous observations of this type of player. Also note that our standard player can also describe the way we played. If this is the case then you can probably make many improvements to this list on his personal experiences. For a complete picture of the sklansky-karlson (sk), by hand, please click on this link -. {Domain} and after a possible explanation for the 169 starting hold’em hands on this link – at the hands of field {} [{field} announcement of the selection: in first, the common variable for experienced players tag appreciated. A scenario of events – selection of hand early childhood (blinds down) -. Group 1, the default value. Hand-east selection (with blinds) – stage 2 tournament.. Groups 1 to 2. Stage tournament 3 -. Hand selection of blinds late (high) -. Groups 1 to 5, the standard. The hand of continuous selection -.

Mood fourth groups 1 to 2. Mood 5 -. Concerned (semi-tilt) selection of the hand -. Groups 1 to 6. Mood 6 -. Compressed (full tilt) selection of the hand -. Groups 1 to 9. 7 Stack size -. From the selection of hand stack -. Group 1, the default value.

8 Stack size -. Chip leader selection of hand -. Groups 1 to 3. Hand desperately short range – 9 stack size.. Groups 1 to 9.

Position table 10 -. Early selection of the hand -. Group 1, the default value. A selection of hand middle –

table position 11.. Groups 1 to 2.

12 Leaderboard -. End of the hand selection -. Groups 1 to 4, the standard.

13 Game -. Tight-aggressive hand selection -. Gold standard. 14 The art of the game -.. Loose-aggressive hand selection – over tag groups. 15 Game -. Tight-passive range of hand -. Less variable groups. Selection of loose-passive hand -. 16 Style of play. More tag groups. 17 Texture painting -.. Selection of hand tightly – more groups. Texture of the table 18 -. Moderate selection of hand -. Gold standard.

Texture table 19 -. The selection of the hand loose -. Fewer groups.

20 Players experienced the hand selection -.. Gold standard.

Player 21 through the selection of the hand -.. Other groups..

Selection 22 players in the hand -. Groups further.. Concentration of 23 – selection of concrete hand -. Gold standard. Concentration of 23 -. Wandering hand selection -. Other groups.. Concentration 24 – limited selection of hand -. Groups further. You can interpolate , extrapolate, or near a lead of many possible variables. You can also edit, add or delete from this list will dictate how your personal experience. This is not science, only (proven) conjecture. Again, our goal is simply to help simply to provide an accurate visual representation to organize a better reflection of who should run faster, better and ultimately make a decision to make intuitive. What does all this once again with the experienced tight-aggressive player to normal behavior, here are some possible scenarios for the tournament? Scenario is> 1. If our player good standard and usually plays his “a” game, he is calm and focused, his style of play set selective aggression, a sufficient number of chips against an opponent who include, as appropriate to the phase of the competition. But as with any change of variables, so you could start hand selection, possibly with a direct impact on performance.

For example, at the end of a long session of sit n go can start our degree of concentration to walk. It would therefore be more likely to forget that the enemy changed tactics, and to play only vaguely. In fact, the opponent has to play tight changed to protect an improved position of the chip. After this change was lost important variable in our standard player with one hand, group 2, to be quite good for this type of opponent, the group had played three hands, used re-raise. But the enemy, who had recently strengthened throws, then, instead of a group with 1 to hand. Uh-oh!

Scenario # 2 suppose our standard players hit a series of bad hands, losing a lot of chips and confidence. Then tighten, albeit late in the tournament. One observer noted opponent of all this misfortune, and the resulting change – our play very few hands at once, it would be playing more hands, the enemy is constantly making astute steal the blinds with our level of group 5 hands. While our level stubbornly adheres to defend the group, with one hand. Unfortunately, our man is blinded in the program soon!

Certainly many factors that may explain the failure of a player, but most of which will be in the selection of starting hands drawn correctly. If a player is told to “play on the line”, for example, or “play too many hands,” these observations as evidence of bad starting hand selection, the player is considered obviously playing too tight or too cowardly. Based on the selection of his hand too much or too small groups. In other words, they are too narrow or too wide range of starting hands.

Course not a lot of inexperienced players recognize that their hand is the selection of one group or another, or groups too much or too little – not a factor in decision-making, but is conscious, part of the justification of this article..

The final result: list, or something else that you can easily assimilate, you can decide when, where and against whom to play a hand. Noting that the same hand should be played in a tournament in many situations, and should not be played in many others. And all the situations that have occurred in a relatively short time, say an hour or less.

Learn to do this many quick decisions based on inaccurate estimates of starting hands, under a constant bombardment of the variable factors, several times in a compressed amount of time is not an easy task, to say the least. So I hope this list will help.