Preflop Chart

Know what to open from every seat.

A free 6-max pre-flop chart, and a free trainer that drills it into you one hand at a time. Tap a position to see its opening range.

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Button opening range36% of hands
Raise from any positionHijack and laterCutoff and buttonButton and small blindFold

How to read it

Each color is the earliest seat a hand opens from. A later seat opens everything in its color and every color above it.

Raise from any positionPairs down to 77, big suited broadways, AK and AQ. These open from under the gun.
Hijack and later66, 55, suited aces down to A8s and A5s, suited connectors like 98s, plus AJo and KQo.
Cutoff and buttonEvery remaining pair, every suited ace, more suited connectors, and offsuit broadways down to JTo.
Button and small blindSteal hands. A8o, K9o, T9o, K8s. Profitable when only the blinds are left, folds anywhere else.

Then practice it

The trainer deals you a hand and a seat. You answer, it tells you if you were right and why, and it deals the next one. Hands you miss come back more often until they stop being a problem.

Raise or fold from every seat, then 3-bet, call, or fold when someone opens ahead of you, then build a full range from memory and get it graded.

Works on your phone between hands. Progress saves to your account. Bring your real hands too: import histories from PokerStars, GGPoker, or Ignition and see every pre-flop decision against the chart.

When the drills are automatic, sit down at the table and play it out against six seats, flop to river.

You're on the Hijack. It folds to you.
Today 14Accuracy 86%Streak 6

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Questions

What is a preflop chart?
A preflop chart is a grid of the 169 starting hands in Texas hold'em, colored by what to do with each one before the flop. This chart shows which hands to raise first in from each seat at a 6-max table, and what to do when someone raises ahead of you.
What hands should I open from the button in 6-max?
Every pocket pair, every suited ace, suited kings down to K5s, suited connectors and one-gappers down to 54s and 64s, offsuit broadways down to JTo, and offsuit steal hands like A8o, A7o, A5o, K9o, Q9o, J9o, T9o, and 98o. That is 72 hands, about 36% of all combos, raised to 2.5 big blinds.
What does RFI mean?
RFI stands for raise first in. It is the decision to open the pot with a raise when nobody has entered before you. This chart is an RFI chart: each color is the earliest seat a hand opens from.
How wide should I open under the gun?
About 8% of hands: pairs from AA down to 77, AKs through ATs, KQs, KJs, QJs, JTs, T9s, and AKo and AQo. Five players are still to act, so the range stays tight and strong.
What should I do when someone raises before me?
Three-bet with the strongest hands and a few suited-ace bluffs, call with hands that play well after the flop, and fold the rest. The chart gives exact 3-bet and call lists for the button against an under-the-gun open, the button against a cutoff open, and the big blind against a button open.
Is this a GTO chart?
No. It is a simplified beginner chart for 6-max, 100 big blind cash games, designed to be memorized. Solver ranges mix hands at the edges and change with stack depth, rake, and table size. When this chart is automatic, a solver tool like GTO Wizard is the next step.
How do I memorize a preflop chart?
Drill it. The trainer deals you a seat and a hand, you answer raise or fold, and it tells you why. Hands you miss come back more often. Most people have the button and cutoff automatic within a week of short daily sessions.
Is the chart free?
Yes, all of it. The chart and glossary need no account. The drills, the table, the range builder, and the tools are free with an account. No payment, no subscription.

Range by seat: under the gun opening range, hijack opening range, cutoff opening range, button opening range, small blind opening range.

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