Hey Legand,
we just happened to chat about this today. There's an article about handreading in the Fixed limit Silver section that you might look at. Even if you don't play fixed limit, its a good intro.
The main factors are:
- Player Tendencies (Looseness, Agressiveness, Deceptiveness, Awareness)
- Recent History (tilty players, what do they think of us)
- Betting Patterns (raised/unraised pots, postflop actions)
Here are a few pointers to consider:
- Even though history is important, hand reading is a skill which we apply to the hand in progress.
- Every possible hole card combination has a non-zero chance of being your opponents actual cards right up until the moment they're flipped over.
- As the hand progresses, your opponents range narrows. The hands they are most likely to have become fewer in number.
- Its important to avoid putting your opponent on too narrow of a hand range early on in the hand.
