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Using Your Own Hand Ranges to Guide Decisions Against Unknown Opponents

If we don’t know much about our opponents, thinking about our own ranges can often guide us. Playing an event at UKIPT Bristol, I had two opportunities to do just that.

First Principles

Situations in multi-table tournaments can be very complicated. Stacks alone can vary in endless arrangements, making hard work even for supercomputers to find solutions. And with tables breaking and a sometimes unfamiliar player pool, getting reads on opponents can be a challenge sometimes as well.

When I don’t know my opponents, a main assumption I follow is to use my own ranges to guide my action.