how can you better guess the oponent hand range? and how will you adapt to the raising of the blinds.
my thougt process :
first i pay atention in the early and mid stages to see what kind of players am i dealing with and how they adjust their play from the early from mid.
I think of my range and from early to late it loosens up alot
So in the mid early stage im against 5-7 oponents i look at the VP$IP and PFR of my opponents and if a TAG with a verry low VP$IP starts to push or steal blinds i think he has a small range so if his VP$IP is 10 till the mid early stage il put him on a a 20%range(55+, A3s+, K8s+, QTs+, A7o+, A5o, K9o+, QJo) and steal from him more loose and call his raises more tightly.
when we enter stage 3 i see that he is more agerssive he pushes more hands even thou i don;t see them i think that he's range incresses so my calling and pushin range will be adjusted from him as well.
i'll tighten a bit my range when he starts to loosen becose my range is bigger then his for example he will fold a A9o in the late mid stage but call a raise in the push or fold stage.
Against a LAG it's more difficult to adjust becose it happens that from the early to late stage to have a guy with VP$IP of 30-45 often in the mid stage 5-7 players and he has a decent stack.
he pushes verry loose so he collects the blind from the Tag and from me becose often enough i get into a flip for example with the bottom of my range in the early push or fold stage 12%(A9s-A6s, KJs-K8s, QTs+, A9o-A6o, KJo-K8o, QTo+) agains a 45% range(33+, A2s+, K2s+, Q3s+, J7s+, T8s+, A2o+, K3o+, Q6o+, J8o+, T9o) it a flip 48% to 52% in equilator.
so the bottom of my range is not that great against this kind of player ?
and the solution to this guy would be to play the top of my range and gain from the other players with the hands that i can't with this player.
and all in all my range is adjusted for every oponent at the table.
i post this to see how others are thinking and if my thought procces coresponds to the articles and to the thought proccess of more experienced players. please comment and post your ideas and sugestions