I’m starting this operation as the first in a multipart series that will be designed to break down my game to the utmost basics. I’m doing this because looking at the game as a whole, I tend to get sidetracked and miss important factors that I should be focusing on.

As the title suggests, part 1 will focus on defining my own starting range. This is a huge leak for because I’ve never clearly defined a range for each position. Although I generally play positionally oriented, my starting range is really vague, especially in mid-late positions. Obviously starting ranges can never be static (I think) but I need to come up with a foundation that I can start with and then learn to manipulate.

Table selection:

My table selection is pretty standard. I pick tables with the highest player per flop %, sit with the fish to my right and nits to my left and I’m pretty diligent about leaving the table when this dynamic changes. So I shouldn’t need to change my starting range much for now.

Uber nitty starting range:

utg- 22+, AQ+
utg1-22+, AQ+
mp1-22+, AJs+, AQo+
mp2-22+, ATs+, AJo+
HJ- 22+, A8s+, ATo+, KQ+
CO- 22 +, KTs+, KJo+, A7s+, A8o+
Bu- 22+, A2+, K9+, Q8+, J9+
SB- Same as button
BB- 22+, A8, KT+, QT+, JT+

*Note- 22 is shown in all positions because, on tables with a high % of players seeing the flop, I believe it’s profitable to open in all positions.

*Note 2- My current starting range is much wider than this (although vague) but I’m hoping to get some discussion going so I think this is a decent starting point.

My plan from this point is to drop back down to 5nl and practice forming a range for each position add or delete combos at each position. I’ll update changes here as well as post some hands that I feel are relevant to this operation. Because I tend to flake on these things I’m going to give $5 to the first person who posts in this thread if I do not update the above starting range and post at least 1 hand in this thread by 9:00pm pst. Yes I stole the idea from carrotz, but fuck off, I need some kinda motivation.

*Clarification- The 5 bucks goes to the first person to post after I don’t make the deadline.

Any and all comments, suggestions and beratings are encouraged in this thread.