Quote Originally Posted by LoveisHell
Thanks, Robb. Great reply. I'll check out the links you posted. I'm playing NL25-NL50 6max, so is it really profitable to fold AJ from MP?

My UTG range consist of AA-22, ATs+, KQo+.
My MP range includes UTG range and ATo+ and maybe some suited connectors depending on the table. Do you have some advice on starting hands from UTG and MP?
I play tighter than this UTG: AQ+, 22+, no KQ (all pp's for an open raise from all positions). You're UTG range is my MP range. But CO (in unraised pots) I will raise A9+, Axs+, KJ+. BTN (in unraised pots), I will raise up any Ace, K7s+, Q9s+ and pretty much anything that seems to be in the Top Third of hands. I open about 3x more hands from the BTN than from UTG, mostly for raises.

But my opening range depends on reads and who's left to act. With a 70/30 agro player in the blinds, I'm ditching mediocre hands, looking for hands more like KT to raise with - something I learned from Fnord: we need big cards to attack super-loose players' wide opening/flatting ranges. The reason I can play so wide open from LP is because there are fewer players left to act behind me, with fewer reads to "like" before I make a move. I will open A9 from UTG if I have solid reads on EVERYONE at the table, and think it will be profitable. But that doesn't happen very often at all.