User Manual : Starting Hands table

Starting hands table

PokerEval can provide recommendations based on the 2 pocket cards from your the hole. This recommendation only appears when both hole cards are selected, all flop/turn/river cards are face down and the feature Starting hand info in the configuration dialog has been set to Sit & Go or Tournament.

Leaving the mouse cursor one second over any element of the table will display the significance of the corresponding letter.

The letter at the top left corner indicates the game type and strategy you want to run:

• C=Sit & Go - Classic chooses games where you sit to a table, play as long as you want and leave without constraint. The game style is typical.
• A=Sit & Go - Aggressive same as above but play more aggressively.
• S=Sit & Go - Soft same as above but play in a soft way.
• T=Tournament in tournaments, you have to play much more aggressively as the mean stack of remaining tournament players increases constantly.

The columns represent the betting history.

• N=No raise no player raised already on the big blind.
• O=One raise there has been one raise.
• R=Raise & reraise a raise occured and another player re-raised.

The rows represent your position regarding the betting order.

• EP=Early position you are one of the first to bet, typically the first or second position after the big blind.
• MP=Early position the third or fourth position after the big blind.
• LP=Late position you are the dealer (button) or the seat before.
• SB=Small blind the position right after the button
• BB=Big blind second seat after the button

The cells within the table show the recommendation for the given hand.

• C=Call or Check
• R=Raise
• empty Fold