Hold’Em Ranges & Math: No Limit Hold’Em Hand Ranges, with Mathematical Strategies, to Help You Make Better Decisions at Any Poker Table

By Ryan Sleeper

Hold’em Ranges and Math is the crucial book to have to make better decisions against today’s best players. In the early days of poker, players relied on catching cards and playing ABC poker. As time passed, players became more aggressive, bluffing was artistically being created, and decisions were made based on incomplete factors. The more recent “old school” of poker, players were even more aggressive, bluffing was more common, and everyone was putting their opponents on a few hands to assure they are making the right decision for instant success. But poker today is filled with very loose and aggressive players who do not rely on catching cards but rely on math and poker ranges. Today’s player will put their opponent on a range of hands and the math behind that to help them make the correct decision based on how they play those certain hands in different situations, and the action that took place during the hand, for long-term success. In Hold’em Ranges and Math, you will learn what hand ranges to play, with mathematical strategies, to help you make those same successful decisions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: May 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9781663239099

Ryan Sleeper

Ryan Sleeper has been a successful No Limit Hold’em player for over 15 years, with positive results at local live cash games, tournaments, and the WSOP.

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Contents

Introduction

1Tournament Calling Range When Raised In First Position At A Full Table

2Tournament Calling Range When Raised In First Position At A Short-Handed Table

3Tournament Calling Range When Raised In Middle Position At A Full Table

4Tournament Calling Range When Raised In Middle Position At A Short-Handed Table

5Tournament Calling Range When Raised On The Button At A Short-Handed Or Full Table

6Tournament Calling Range When Raised In Early Position & You’re In The Blinds At A Full Table

7Tournament Calling Range When Raised In Early Position & You’re In The Blinds At A Short-Handed Table

8Typical Raising Range From Under The Gun At A Full Table

9Typical Limping/Raising Range From Under The Gun At A Full Table

10Typical Hijack Raising Range At A Full Table

11Typical Opening Jam All-In Range When Short-Stacked At A Full Table

12Average/ Tight Big Blind Defending Range Against A Small Blind Raise At A Full Table

13Typical Limping/Raising From Middle Position At A Full Table

14Typical Limping/Raising Range At A Full Table With Some Looser Players

15GTO Under The Gun All-In Range When Short-Stacked At A Full Or Short-Handed Table

16Cutoff Raising Range At A Full Or Short-Handed Table

17Under The Gun +1 Raising Range At A Full Table

18Under The Gun +2 Raising Range At A Full Table

19Small/Big Blind Calling Range From A Short-Stacked Shove From An Early Position

20Tournament Calling Range In The Big Blind Against An All-In From The Small Blind

21Typical Lojack Raising Range When Short-Stacked At A Full Or Short-Handed Table

22Betting Range In The Small Blind Against A Button Raise At A Full Or Short-Handed Table

23Preflop Rookie Limping Range At A Full Table

24Preflop Amateur Limping Range At A Full Table

25Preflop Professional Limping Range At A Full Table

26Betting Range From A Middle Position Raise At A Full Table

27Aggressive 3-Betting Range From Late Position

28Playable Range With Lesser Valued Hands/Rags

29Button Raising Range Strategy At A Short-Handed Table

30Bet Range At A Short-Handed Cash Game Table With Amateurs

31Bet Range At A Short-Handed Cash Game Table With Semi-Pros

32Bet Range At A Short-Handed Cash Game Table With Top Pros

33Bet Range Against A Frequent Bluffer At A Short-Handed Or Full Table

34Shoving All-In Range/Bluff At A Loose Cash Game Table

35Betting Range For Heads-Up Against A Tight Player

36Betting Range For Heads-Up Against A Loose Player

37Betting Range For Heads-Up Against Top Pros

38Heads-Up Min-Raising Range From The Small Blind

39Heads-Up Min-Raising Range From The Big Blind

40Down To 3-Handed In A Tournament Raising Range From First Position/Button

41Down To 3-Handed In A Tournament 3-Betting Range From The Small Blind

42Down To 3-Handed In A Tournament 3-Betting Range From The Big Blind

43Unpredictable 3-Betting Range At A High Stakes Cash Game Table

44Late Position All-In Shoving Range In A Tournament To Steal The Blinds

45Tournament Raising Range After Multiple Limpers

46Shoving Range With 20 Big Blinds In A Tournament In Early Position

47Shoving Range With 20 Big Blinds In A Tournament In Late Position

48Shoving Range With 10 Big Blinds In A Tournament In Early Position

49Shoving Range With 10 Big Blinds In A Tournament In Late Position

50Squeeze Play Raising Range During A Tournament

51Worst Hand Ranges To Play Against Aggression

52Favorite Raising Ranges

53Tight Players Range From Most Positions

54Loose Players Range From Most Positions

55Very Loose Players Range From Most Positions

56Most Playable Hands In Cash Games

57Raising Range In Any Position When First In At A 6-Max Cash Game

Turn Range Example 1

Turn Range Example 2

Turn Range Example 3

River Range Example 1

River Range Example 2

River Range Example 3

Odds Of Being Dealt Certain Starting Hands

Starting Hand Win Percentages

Your Number Of Odds And Outs

Winning With Hold’em Math

Percentages Of Hitting Long Shots

Flop Percentages With A-K

Range Percentages

Expected Value

Preflop Probabilities

Flop Probabilities

Heads-Up Shoving Range

A Player’s Range

The Theory Of Flop Ranges

Conclusion

THANK YOU - I would like to give a special thanks to all that have supported me throughout my writing and poker career. I would also like to thank everyone who has bought copies of all my books, including this one. Your confidence in my poker strategy has given me the opportunity to continue educating yourself, and others, on how to be successful at No Limit Hold’em.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR - I have been a successful low-to-mid stakes player for over 15 years, with positive results at local live cash games, tournaments, and the WSOP. I will continue to enter WSOP events with the hopes of winning the Main Event one day (hopefully). In doing so, it’ll give me more opportunities to play more tournaments, with the dream of being a full-time professional. In the meantime, enjoy some of the secrets that have made me successful with the strategies I’ve provided in this book.

OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR:

1. Advanced Hold’em Volume 1 (2010)

2. Advanced Hold’em Volume 2 (2018)

3. Professional Hold’em Strategies (2021)

INTRODUCTION

Poker today is so aggressive and filled with so many talented players, today’s average player will need as many extra means of help as ever before to even compete with the players at the highest levels. As said in the back cover: In the early days of poker, players relied on catching cards and playing ABC poker. As time passed, players became more aggressive, bluffing was artistically being created, and decisions were made based on incomplete factors. The more recent old school of poker, players were even more aggressive, bluffing was more common, and everyone was putting their opponents on a few hands to assure they are making the right decision for instant success. But poker today is filled with very loose and aggressive players who do not rely on catching cards but rely on math and poker ranges. Today’s player will put their opponent on a range of hands and the math behind that to help them make the correct decision based on how they play those certain hands in different situations, and the action that took place during the hand, for long-term success.

Today I want to help the average player, and even some of the more advanced players, learn the most critical, and important form of strategy to help you become a better player; a player who can compete against the top players today and walk away with more money than they can manage. The hand ranges in this book (over 55 of them), as well as the mathematical strategies, will help you become a great poker player, with providing you with the right decisions to make in different situations. I will also supply a respectable number of situations to help you understand when to use these decisions when that condition arises. These examples will go beyond the flop, and help you make better decisions on the turn and river.

With the completion of this book, you will learn what to play (inside and outside the range boxes) and what hands your opponent’s play under optimal situations. You will also learn how to play against them more properly, and make better decisions, because you will know the range of hands your opponents are holding, as well as the odds of your hand being best.

My earlier books (Professional Hold’em Strategies and Advanced Hold’em Volume I & II) have become great sellers, and some of the information in those books will be displayed in here (completely updated), but this book is in a class of its own, with a lot more ranges as well as a lot more math, including a new chapter on A-K, and how often a player will have a larger pocket pair than yours. I genuinely believe this is the book to have if you want to be a successful No Limit Hold’em player. Read and learn each hand ranges and the math behind them, and once you have a greater understanding on how successful they can really be, then take your bankroll and play with the best players in the world – and beat them.

TOURNAMENT CALLING

RANGE WHEN RAISED IN FIRST

POSITION AT A FULL TABLE

1. PLAYABLE - 6%

2. FOLDABLE - 84%

3. PAIRS - 61.5%

4. ANY ACE - 12%

5. ANY KING - 12%

6. ANY QUEEN - <1%

7. ANY JACK - <1%

8. ANY TEN - <1%

9. SUITED – 1 HAND

10. UNSUITED – 9 HANDS

Depending on the players at the table, especially the original raiser, you could choose to 3-bet with these hand ranges.

TOURNAMENT CALLING RANGE

WHEN RAISED IN FIRST POSITION

AT A SHORT-HANDED TABLE

1. PLAYABLE - 16%

2. FOLDABLE - 84%

3. PAIRS - 100%

4. ANY ACE - 40%

5. ANY KING - 24%

6. ANY QUEEN - 28%

7. ANY JACK - 20%

8. ANY TEN - 16%

9. SUITED – 9 HANDS

10. UNSUITED – 18 HANDS

Being that it’s short-handed, I would more often 3-bet with these hand ranges.

TOURNAMENT CALLING RANGE

WHEN RAISED IN MIDDLE

POSITION AT A FULL TABLE

1. PLAYABLE - 20%

2. FOLDABLE - 80%

3. PAIRS - 100%

4. ANY ACE - 52%

5. ANY KING - 32%

6. ANY QUEEN - 32%

7. ANY JACK - 32%

8. ANY TEN - 24%

9. SUITED – 13 HANDS

10. UNSUITED – 21 HANDS

Depending on the player making the preflop raise, I would 3-bet with these hand ranges, if the table is playing loose.

TOURNAMENT CALLING RANGE

WHEN RAISED IN MIDDLE POSITION

AT A SHORT-HANDED TABLE

1. PLAYABLE – 33.7%

2. FOLDABLE - 66.3%

3. PAIRS - 100%

4. ANY ACE - 40%

5. ANY KING - 40%

6. ANY QUEEN - 40%

7. ANY JACK - 40%

8. ANY TEN - 44%

9.