Tero
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Loyaler
So you must be referring to this chart:
First you need to understand what that chart is for.
This chart teaches you, shall we say, a simple "baseline" for how to act in different situations during pre-flop.
You mentioned the red K so let's look at that line where the K is located.
The first AK couple has a black A and red K, and if you look closer there is also a small o next to them. The explanation key on top left says, o means Offsuit. The offsuitness of A and K are also made clear with the black and red letters in the cards. This doesn't mean that you need to actually hold one red K (heart or diamond) and one black A (spade or club) to continue. Offsuit can just well be A heart K diamond. Offsuit simply means that you are not holding two same suit cards in your hand.
The next AK cards are black they have a small S next to them. This simply means they are cards with same suit.
Next comes those green squares. The top left key explains that this means raising or re-raising .
On top of those square columns there are mentions about positions (early, mid, late) which refer to your current seat at the table. And the line above that describes the situation.
So for example, if the pot is unopened, meaning only blinds are on the table your job is to raise. Next three columns tell you how to act when there are limpers (yes, you raise), and the last three tell you what to do if someone has already raised (you raise, or actually you raise their raise, so you are re-raising by poker terminology).
Now, let's look at one more thing. There is A2 suited on the lower left corner and there is a + sign after the S. What does that mean?
It means that with cards A2 suited up to A7 suited you take the same action as you would with A2 suited. Why not higher than that? Because A8 suited already has it's own line in the chart.
Now you have some kind of understanding how this chart works.
@Marcwantstowin I believe this post belongs in the Learning Poker section.
Tero
Legend
Loyaler
Don't think of them as separate columns. Instead look at them as rows.
So hands A2o, 54s, 87o, 75s, K8s are all on the same row - meaning that they should be played in the same way. In this case that means that all of those hands should be folded, EXCEPT in a late position IF no-one has limped or raised.
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hfreakzz
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I'm failing to understand what exactly is meant with "similar hands rank above included". What exactly does rank above mean when we are talking about let's say KTo or KJo, where would this hand be placed? QJo and QTo respectively both have their own line but are also connectors, whereas KTo and KJo would become a one gapped, albeit being a "rank higher?"
Tero
Legend
Loyaler
I wouldn't worry too much about that chart since it seems to be hard enough to understand for many people, and it seems that they have sprinkled that +sign all over the place which makes it even more confusing.
For example, having the +sign present on the line with AQo and AQs is totally unnecessary since AK's have their own line. Same goes for TT and JJ, no need for plus.
Poker is more about understanding the game as a whole, and not get hung up in any chart.
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najisami
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eetenor
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Cardschat is a great resource the 30 day course incredible--posts are very helpful-- community positive and experienced......However, if you want preflop charts GTO Wizard is free for preflop-no fees- charts for every seat for opening and reacting to opens and 3 bets and 4 bets. There are no better charts for poker baseline study.
