Podcast Mission (3:35)

My mission for today is to teach you the optimal opening frequencies I recommend by position, and how to build your ranges to meet these frequencies. I’ll also give you the exact ranges I currently play with.

Q: How will studying and understanding this concept improve my game? (4:20)

Positions to Consider for Open Raising Ranges (6:45)

The optimal pre-flop frequencies by position (7:50)

Making range changes (10:20)

Q: How do you build your open raising ranges to meet a desired frequency? (12:15)

Build an open raising range (15:00)

My current cash/MTT ranges open raising ranges (18:50)

Open raise sizing, raising over limpers and MTT/SNG ranges (22:00)

Studying the effectiveness of individual hands (24:20)

Podcast Challenge (25:30)

Here’s my challenge to you for this episode: Use the ranges I presented here over the next week. Record your thoughts on them and the results from your poker tracking software. Do these ranges work for you? Are they too constricting or much too wide for your style of play? And if you want to make changes, go ahead, but give the changes an extended trial period to see their effectiveness. The goal is to make yourself a stronger player with simpler post-flop decisions to make.

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