starting hands SSNL 6-max

[melioris]

Ok, because I am a total geek, I am making yet another starting hands thread (that sound you hear are all the ballas collectively sighing in disgusted disbelief). I think enough of the readers of this site can benefit from something like this, and I was screwing around in PT today for a while (PT3 is great, btw) and starting figuring out hand ranges based on position and thought I would chart it and share.

Clearly stack size, recent history, and a myriad of other factors determine the best course of action in poker. But preflop is the most simple and therefore easiest to make "rules". I got these ranges based on the current SSNL 6-max game ($0.5/$1, $1/$2, and the little $2/$4 that I have played). Folks playing below those limits should probably tighten up everything a little, that means removing the bottom 5-10% from each range and doubling (or tripling) the value part of the value:bluff 3-bet range. But I think this chart will help you out anyway.

Also, I know it is totally lame of me, but I actually like to have my little chart next to me when I play. I like it because when I do something that deviates from my chart preflop I like to realize that and know why I am doing it. But that could just be because I am nitty and tight/weak by nature. Whatever.


So I made this chart mostly from my own PT database, looking primarily at my hands and some of the biggest winners in my db over 5K or more hands. I also read a variety of forums and webpages and stole when I thought they had something good that I didn't have, but generally I went with my stuff if there was a conflict. I stole the most from Fee's 5K post over at 2+2, although most of his preflop section re-enforced my own experience, which was comforting.

Finally, it is a pdf. I hate excel and don't use it. So you bitches get a pdf version. Any of you mac users can have it in numbers if you want.