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Preflop charts for beginners: what to open from every seat.

Most of your profit starts before the flop. The single biggest beginner leak is playing too many hands from early seats. These charts show which hands to raise first in (when everyone before you has folded) from each position, for live cash and online 6-max. They're simplified from solver charts: hands the solver plays most of the time are shown in red.

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RaiseSometimes (mixed)Fold

Why position matters

The later you act, the more players have already folded and the more often you'll have position after the flop (acting last). That's why the button opens almost half its hands and the first seat opens around one in seven. Read the seats clockwise from the first to act: early (LJ / EP) → middle (MP / HJ) → late (CO, BTN) → blinds (SB, BB).

Six rules that cover most hands

1 · Raise or foldWhen it's folded to you, don't limp (just call). Raise to about 2.25–2.5bb online, or 2.5–3bb live (more if people have limped).
2 · Tight early, wide lateEarly seats: pairs, big aces, suited broadways. Button: most suited hands, any ace, most connected cards.
3 · Suited beats offsuitSuited hands make flushes and play far better after the flop. A5s is an open from most seats; A5o usually isn't.
4 · Small pairs want a cheap flopYou're hoping to hit a set. Open them in late position; from early seats only the stronger ones.
5 · Facing a raise is differentThese are first-in charts. When someone has raised, you need a tighter range: that's what the "facing an open" drills train.
6 · Don't worry about mixes yetBrown cells are hands the solver plays some of the time. As a beginner, fold them from early seats and raise them late.

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