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Strategy: No-Limit Big Stack Strategy

Short-handed: Pre-flop Basics

by hasenbraten

Introduction

In this article

Strengths and weaknesses of an open raising chart
When you should deviate from the indicated ranges
When you should be 3-betting yourself and how to play against 3-betting opponents

In this article, you will acquire some basic and important knowledge about playing before the flop on tables with 6 or less players. The dynamics of playing shorthanded are fundamentally different from playing full ring. The goal is to understand the differences in preflop playing and to put them into practice.

With the help of this open raising chart and the analysis of selected hands you will learn how to adjust your ranges to find a profitable entry into playing shorthanded.

Finally, you will learn some basics for your behaviour regarding 3-bet pots.

Next article: Pot Control - Keeping the pot manageable

That's not the entire article...

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Comments (19)

#1 kazadmaiss, 18 Mar 10 14:10

nice, thanks!

#2 roswellx, 18 Mar 10 14:15

thanks

#3 Fongie, 18 Mar 10 14:41

Solid stuff ^^

#4 Skeat, 18 Mar 10 14:48

Great !!

#5 vhallee, 18 Mar 10 17:28

Great article! Hasenbraten owning it up as always :D

#6 shanshichi, 19 Mar 10 17:01

10x hansenbraten!

#7 MadisRa, 23 Mar 10 14:25

Very helpful. Thanks.

#8 arisko, 25 Mar 10 15:29

very good. More SH-specific material :)

#9 Titicamara, 26 Mar 10 12:13

thanks.

#10 Gabinr1, 01 Aug 10 17:33

Nice article. Very useful.

#11 Skraggy, 04 Nov 10 10:34

One of the best articles on PS (:

#12 aquinna, 14 Dec 10 13:40

very helpfull thanks

#13 TheRealTgb1, 28 Jan 11 09:29

He's my hero :-)

#14 Gadsotek, 13 Feb 11 12:45

Very nice article. Thx :-)

#15 tac3znarf, 22 Feb 11 11:46

Very very nice. Until what blind are these effective?

#16 Navrark, 29 Mar 11 21:48

The link to the chart in PDF form is broken.

#17 Tr3LoS, 13 Aug 11 09:58

Really helpful. It's a nice guideline for a beginner to follow for his first steps in short-handed play. I will review it soon as I will try short-handed games sooner than later. Thanks!

#18 Strongsl, 09 Oct 11 14:07

good!

#19 roopopper, 24 Mar 12 05:26

nice article really informative :-)

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Strategy Sections

Article Contents

Introduction
Why use an open raising chart (ORC) ?
The ORC
Limpers
3-Betting
How do you play against 3-bets?

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