This chart details the Hole Cards that we believe you should open with in a 6-max No-Limit Hold ‘Em tournament 🌞 without antes – such as Match Poker Online’s™ Battle Royale tournament. These provide your Pre-Flop Ranges depending on your position, 🌞 as explained below.
[If you are looking for our chart for 8-max play, click here]
The positions around a table in a 🌞 6-player game, clockwise from the Dealer Button, are:
Button/Dealer (BTN) Small Blind (SB) Big Blind (BB) Under The Gun (UTG) Middle 🌞 Position (MP) Cutoff (CO)
How to interpret our Pre-Flop Ranges Chart:
This chart shows all the possible Hole Cards you could be 🌞 dealt – ‘s’ for ‘suited’ and ‘o’ for ‘offsuit’.
When you are UTG (i.e. directly to the left of the Big 🌞 Blind), this chart suggests you should only open (i.e. bet first) with the cards in the Red boxes.
When you are 🌞 in Middle Position (MP), more hand combinations open up. The chart suggests you can now open with all of the 🌞 cards in the Orange boxes in addition to the ones in the Red boxes.
In the Cutoff position, even more hand 🌞 combinations open up. The chart now suggests you can open with all of the cards in the Yellow boxes in 🌞 addition to the ones in the Orange and Red boxes.
Next you reach the Button, where more options are available to 🌞 you, adding the green boxes to all of those that were available in the earlier positions.
Finally, you reach the Small 🌞 Blind. In this position, the chart suggests you can open with any cards in any of the coloured boxes.
Any boxes 🌞 that are white are those you would usually never open.
Lastly, once you are familiar with this chart and have applied 🌞 it in practise, you’ll begin to learn how to deviate from these guidelines when the situation calls for it. Click 🌞 here to learn why position is so important in poker!
Learning to quickly recognise what position you are in and how 🌞 this translates to what hands you should open with will quickly improve your play. We see nothing wrong with printing 🌞 this guide out and following it religiously in any Battle Royale matches where 6 players are at each table, as 🌞 you learn to find your feet in poker. Diligence is key at this stage in your learning.
This will also help 🌞 ensure that your VEP falls within a reasonable range. Click here to learn what your VEP and PFR are and 🌞 what they tell you.
Watch your IFMP Rating soar as you learn to follow our Pre-Flop Ranges guide!
