The chart's purpose is to guide you through your first hands and to provide you with a solid overview of the game. A chart is never the optimum solution because the individual situation in poker is well above general rules. The more experienced you get and the more you analyse individual situations, the more your game will develop away from the chart towards your very own style. Thus it is merely a tool to help inexperienced players in the beginning. The chart is a starting point from whereon you develop your game. We will concentrate on introducing the ORC for shorthanded no-limit, and its strengths and weaknesses. The general arguments for and against charts have been thoroughly discussed elsewhere and will not be dealt with in this article. With the help of this open raising chart and the analysis of selected hands you will learn how to adjust your ranges to find a profitable entry into playing shorthanded.įinally, you will learn some basics for your behaviour regarding 3-bet pots. The goal is to understand the differences in preflop playing and to put them into practice. The dynamics of playing shorthanded are fundamentally different from playing full ring. In this article, you will acquire some basic and important knowledge about playing before the flop on tables with 6 or less players.
