Poker Pre Flop Chart

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Poker Pre Flop Chart

This chart details the Hole Cards that we believe you should open with in an 8-max No-Limit Hold ‘Em tournament without antes – such as Match Poker Online’s™ Scrap game. They are dependent on your position, explained below.

The positions around a table in an 8-player game, clockwise from the Dealer Button, are:

Studying this baseline chart is a necessity for developing a winning strategy in poker.If you’re opening up too many hands, even if it’s slightly –EV to open with preflop, your mistakes throughout the hand are going to compound - potentially putting you in even bigger –EV spots, if you play sub-optimally post-flop. Poker Ranges Charts Here are 10 essential poker charts to help your preflop poker game. They're broken into two categories: full-ring ranges and six-max ranges. Each category features shoving hands.

  1. Button/Dealer (BTN)
  2. Small Blind (SB)
  3. Big Blind (BB)
  4. Under The Gun (UTG)
  5. Under The Gun +1 (UTG+1)
  6. Lojack (LJ)
  7. Hijack (HJ)
  8. Cutoff (CO)

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How to interpret this chart:

This chart shows all the possible Hole Cards you could be dealt – ‘s’ for ‘suited’ and ‘o’ for ‘offsuit’.

When you are UTG (i.e. directly to the left of the Big Blind), this chart suggests you should only open (i.e. bet first) with the cards in the Red boxes.
The same goes for UTG+1 (i.e. left of UTG).

When you are in the Lojack (LJ) or Hijack (HJ) positions, more hand combinations open up. The chart suggests you can now open with all of the cards in the Orange boxes in addition to the ones in the Red boxes.

In the Cutoff position, even more hand combinations open up. The chart now suggests you can open with all of the cards in the Yellow boxes in addition to the ones in the Orange and Red boxes.

Next you reach the Button and Small Blind, where more options are available to you, including all of those that were available in the earlier positions. In these positions, the chart suggests you can open with any cards in any of the coloured boxes.

Any boxes that are white are those you would usually never open.

Lastly, once you are familiar with this chart and have applied it in practise, you’ll begin to learn how to deviate from these guidelines when the situation calls for it. [Click here to learn why position is so important in poker!]

Learning to quickly recognise what position you are in and how this translates to what hands you should open with will quickly improve your play. We see nothing wrong with printing this guide out and following it religiously in Scrap games (as well as in the first stage of Elimination games) as you learn to find your feet in poker. Diligence is key at this stage in your learning.

Watch your Rating Points soar as you learn to follow this guide!

*Editors Note: We frequently get feedback from players that this chart has led them astray. For example: “I had K3o on the Button and folded, per this chart, and the Flop came out 3-3-K. I could’ve won 3000 chips because three other people played that hand, who I would’ve beaten.”

To this, our response is that we apologise for leading you astray in that hand, but, in the long run, this chart will ensure you end up in front. We explain this in our article on Expected Value – an integral concept for all aspirational poker players.

  • vs Open
  • Squeeze
  • vs 3bet
  • vs 4bet

These preflop ranges have been specifically designed for 100BB deep games with medium rake.

Each preflop matrix will have a raise size associated with it which must be used for the range to be balanced.

New Color Key

Purple = 100% Raise

Red = 75% Raise, 25% Call

Orange = 50% Raise, 50% Call

Yellow = 25% Raise, 75% Call

Green = 100% Call

Acevedo poker preflop chart printable

Pink = 25% Raise, 75% Fold

Dark Blue = 50% Raise, 50% Fold

White = 50% Call, 50% Fold

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Light Blue = 25% Raise, 25% Call, 50% Fold

Grey = 100% Fold

Old Color Key

Red = Always Raise

Orange = Often Raise, otherwise Call

Yellow = Sometimes Raise, otherwise Call

Green = Always Call

Pink = Sometimes Raise, otherwise Fold

White = Call or Fold

Blue = Raise, Call or Fold

Grey = Always Fold

Seat Names

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Poker Coaching Preflop Charts

Big Blind (BB): The player in the big blind
Small Blind (SB): The player in the small blind

Upswing Poker Preflop Chart

Button (BU): The player on the button
Cutoff (CO): The player to the immediate right of the button

Hijack (HJ): The player two seats to the right of the button
Lojack (LJ): The player three seats to the right of the button. First to act in 6-max

Poker Preflop Charts Tournament

Under-The-Gun +2 (UTG2): The player four seats to the right of the button
Under-The-Gun +1 (UTG1): The player five seats to the right of the button
Under-The-Gun (UTG): The player six seats to the right of the button. First to act in Full Ring

Poker Hand Range Chart

Early Position (EP): Either UTG, UTG1 or UTG2
Middle Position (MP): Either LJ or HJ
Late Position (LP): Either CO or BTN