Re: Putting a Player on a Hand
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e.g. say you both have 10,000 chips with blinds of 300/600, your oponent raises to 1,500 and you with your AK re raise to 3,500 and he flat calls. Now he's either a complete idiot or he has a very big hand. It's the sort of play you'd make with AA or KK thinking you're being very clever disguising your hand, in fact him just calling is letting you know he has a huge hand, whereby if he's moved in you'd be far more confident your AK was good.
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I enjoyed your post although do not completely agree with your example. The Flat call from your opponent in the example does not mean he is a complete idiot or on AA/KK(possible hands, but not the only hands). I would consider other playable hands based on the players position and style, along with what you offered with your re-raise. In your example you are giving almost 3 to 1 pot odds for your opponent to call, so calling with a lesser hand and not AA/KK is a possible move.
This is an interesting thread and all the points are valid; Josem might have summed it up best with ‘Inter-related’. You put players on a range of hands based off all the information you have gathered, there is no best or most important piece – the players position, betting, style and another good indicator number of hands played – all together will help you assess the range of hands an opponent may be playing. Thanks, matt
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