Quote Originally Posted by euphoricism
This is just not the right way to go about doing this. I don't like to rip on people trying to help, but this is like the most confusing way possible to approach the topic because there are so many 'what ifs' to account for.

The easiest way imho is start with a baseline read (aka, what would I have if I was him?) and adjust for player tendency from there.

Ex1: Unknown person opens 4x UTG. The only logical way to approach giving him a range is to assign him the same range you have when YOU open UTG.

Ex2: Unknown LIMPS utg. Slightly different because you never limp UTG. So draw upon your experience of what other people who DO limp UTG usually do it with.

As for KNOWNS, you simply adjust what YOU would do to what THEY would do. If you run say 12/10 at FR and open {range} UTG, then you can make perfectly good assumptions about what a 15/12 opens UTG with (Hint: its basically identical due to position).

Just note the following
1) you can't really go wrong assigning a slightly too tight of a range to an unknown.
2) peoples ranges get wider as they get closer to the button. A 20/15s open UTG range is probably not too different from a 14/10s open UTG range. Their late position range, as well as their limping and cold calling range is probably wider.

That all comes into play LONG before you consider whether he likes SOOOOTED cards too much or anything even remotely that specific. Get a good baseline, and adjust from there. And the best person to get that baseline from is yourself.

This is called level two thinking.
Also (I'm gonna quote you this time so you know I'm addressing you), this thread is reading hands in general. People are listing points where you know something about the person you're dealing with.

If he's unknown, you do not always just consider what you yourself would do. You also have to consider the stake you're playing at.