Quote Originally Posted by cowboyardee
Quote Originally Posted by bjsaust
I dont think you determine ideal ranges sitting at the table cowboy, instead you work on your ranges away from the table and somewhat use the appropriate predetermined range to suit the situation.
I'm not sure I understand. How do you work on your ranges away from the table? Maybe I'm not thinking about this correctly?
As pgil said, all I mean is come up with ranges v's common situations. So you start with coming up with a 'default' range, which is how you play without any reads. Then maybe you give consideration to what range you'd play at a table full of TAGs, then what range you'd play v's a a table full of calling stations, and so on. These are what I call predetermined ranges. When I say somewhat use those ranges, that would be the finetuning to the actual situation, since your opps rarely fall exactly into one category, but they give you a good basis to start with rather than trying to come up with them on the fly.