6max starting hands (good discussion of PF and post flop play)

[jerryf1914]

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preflop is like a blank canvas of a painting and the cards and actions you choose begin to create the artwork and then by the river you have painted a great portrait of what you want your opponent to see based on all the actions that were taken during the creation of the painting. poker is a group effort at painting a picture for you to use to your advantage. something like that, although I feel I've failed to explain what I really mean.

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i think i know what you mean but wouldn't that require your opponent to be thinking?

[monkover]

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preflop is like a blank canvas of a painting and the cards and actions you choose begin to create the artwork and then by the river you have painted a great portrait of what you want your opponent to see based on all the actions that were taken during the creation of the painting. poker is a group effort at painting a picture for you to use to your advantage. something like that, although I feel I've failed to explain what I really mean.

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i think i know what you mean but wouldn't that require your opponent to be thinking?

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uhm no not necessarily. he meant that you set up your oponent preflop for what is going to happen postflop.
e.g. if you have an opponent who always pushes the flop in 3bet pots you would sure call his 3bet pre and not 4bet.
in your preflop decisions you have to include a play for the rest of the hand

[derosnec]

too tight in EP/MP and too loose in SB (imo)

[Waingro]

I agree with Bozzer et al. Before you can get to the whys you have to figure out what it is you are doing specifically. Do I raise KQo UTG generally? Summarizing like this can be helpful to oneself and should be a good aid to OP to think further.

Generally, I think most people here raise 22+ UTG and raise less from the blinds. If button limps I raise my BB with a tighter range than UTG, without a read. But my UTG range is way wider than yours of course.