Reading and Putting Players on Hands

[godofPOPOV]

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I take my time, since I am not at a table, I can take as long as I need. I make a list of all possible hands, and categorize them by "possible," "likely," "unlikely," and place percentages by the hands to help clarify for myself what are the likely and unlikely hands. The more I do it, the faster I get at doing it and can do it at the table with my limited time.

It's hard mental work, but you have to do it if you want to get better. And I recommend you do too.


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how do you put percentages on the hands you think the opponent might have?
i know it isnt arbitrary but is there a table or a formula?
otherwise it just seems like guess-work percents which may or may not be extremely off.?