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66+, AJs+ AQo+, KJs+
 Originally Posted by OngBonga
That range is a little tight for me 6max. That's a (slightly loose) FR UTG range, and even then I can loosen up from that at the right table.
I'd say recklessly loose for a beginner playing FR UTG.
There's plenty that's speculative from UTG w/ 8 opponents left to act. /
There's perfectly much for a beginner to learn and appreciate from { 88+, AQs+, KQs, AKo }.
It also frees up time for playing the real game of poker: watching and observing the villains to spot trends you can exploit.
Originally Posted by OngBonga
6max UTG I want to be playing 22+ JTs+ KQo+ Axs AJo+
I know that this is what you'd play, but that's not the best advice for a beginner.
Beginners should not be told to seek out every value hand and play it well right away. This is a long-term goal for intermediate and advanced players.
Beginners should be told to pick the highest value hands and play them exclusively, until they can play them with understanding. Even these hands face all the subtleties and nuance of late-street decisions, which is arguably more important to learn than pre-flop hand selection. After all, pre-flop hand selection is a sub-function of each player's post-flop playability, which will grow over time.
Beginners need to trim down the pre-flop choices because the decision tree branches significantly post-flop. There's PLENTY of things to be overwhelmed and confused by post-flop, so let's teach those with a tighter range that makes our students' decisions slightly easier while learning.
Besides, knowing the strength of your core value hands is a massive boost to your confidence. Knowing that you can find a fold in the right places and a call in the right places is huge.
Building confidence is the actual function of teaching. The student is already inspired, or they're doomed. It's the teacher's goal to keep that inspiration aflame and help the student see the positive fruits of their efforts whenever possible.
Originally Posted by OngBonga
But yeah suited connectors are trash out of position. They're decent in position because they flop enough draws to be able to profitably bet them, and it keeps our range wide which is good for protecting our hand, but they're marginal and are very easy to lose money with when we start playing them out of habit in any position.
They're decent in position because you usually know exactly where you are with them. It's laughably easy to fold a hand with 8-high, for instance. Or ridiculously fun to check IP and get a free card on your back door draws. Oh... it's also fun to "steal" the blinds with them for exactly this reason.
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