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Hi, regarding ranges, you can search for open raise range charts in poker tournaments and you'll find something that can serve as a basis for your strategy. From UTG you need to play a tighter range because you still have the entire table to act on, while from the BUTTON you can play a much wider range for the opposite reason. Tools like GTO Wizard should give you free access to pre-flop ranges. Afterwards, it would be helpful to use a tracker like Poker Tracker, for example, to review your played hands, filter by specific situations, and compare them to theory to see if you're playing correctly.

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Originally posted by WillB
Hi, regarding ranges, you can search for open raise range charts
Tools like GTO Wizard should give you free access to pre-flop ranges.
Afterwards, it would be helpful to use a tracker like Poker Tracker, for example, to review your played hands, filter by specific situations, and compare them to theory to see if you're playing correctly.

Spot on — I would not advise GTO tools until much more advanced.

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I agree, I only mentioned GTO W so he could see the pre-flop intervals, but really paying to use the tool doesn't make sense at the beginning. I'll take a look at the articles too. Thank you.

Learn what hands are good and what not so good given the position, action and stack sizes. That is accomplished by watching videos of winning poker players, live streaming or recordings. But highlights aren't the best way because they often show coolers.

"Learn with Lex" is an excellent starter and even for intermediate players. Gripsed, although very old, will give you very good theoretical ideas about hand strength and simple strategies on how to maneuver postflop. Both are for tournaments, though.

I would worry about charts later when I begin feeling like I'm playing too tight in certain spots.

Then start learning about both the Button and Big Blind and then the Small Blind. Those are the positions most important for your winrate. Earlier positions are just tighter and tighter variants of the widest range you would have on the Button.

Here's a very simple tip that although it may not be the best every time, it would NEVER be bad - always check out of position on the flop, heads up, with all hands, despite if you were the preflop aggressor or not. Unless it's a very obvious huge whale that always calls (then pound that value!) or a loose fit-or-fold player even in position. A fuckton of money is lost in spots where people cbet the flop OOP, get called and just give up on the hand! But that doesn't mean to start randomly barreling the Turn.

Oh yeah, if you are willing to browse for free versions of Postflop+ or Solver+ and run them on a VM with Bluestacks, they're quite helpful apps!