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Hand Rankings (High to Low)

Rank	Hand	Example
1	Straight Flush	5♠ 6♠ 7♠ 8♠ 9♠
2	Four of a Kind	9♠ 9♥ 9♦ 9♣ 2♥
3	Full House	K♠ K♥ K♦ 2♠ 2♥
4	Flush	A♠ J♠ 8♠ 5♠ 2♠
5	Straight	5♥ 6♠ 7♦ 8♣ 9♠
6	Three of a Kind	9♠ 9♥ 9♦ 5♣ 2♥
7	Two Pair	9♠ 9♥ 5♦ 5♣ 2♥
8	One Pair	9♠ 9♥ 7♦ 5♣ 2♥
9	High Card	A♠ J♥ 8♦ 5♣ 2♥

Ace can play high (as in Broadway A-K-Q-J-T) or low (as in the wheel A-2-3-4-5) for straight purposes only.

Table Positions (6-Max)

Position	Name	Notes
UTG	Under the Gun	First to act preflop. Tightest opening range — everyone left to act behind you.
HJ	Hijack	Two seats before the button. Can open a bit wider than UTG.
CO	Cutoff	One seat before the button. Strong stealing position.
BTN	Button	Best seat at the table — acts last postflop every street. Widest opening range.
SB	Small Blind	Posts a partial blind, acts first postflop. Tricky position to play out of position.
BB	Big Blind	Posts a full blind, gets a "free" option preflop, closes preflop action.

Core Strategy Concepts

Position

Acting last gives you more information before you have to make a decision, which is why ranges widen as you move from UTG toward the Button. Play tighter out of position, wider in position.

Pot Odds

Pot odds compare the cost of a call to the total pot. If a $40 bet is made into a $120 pot, you're calling $40 to win $160 total, or 25% (40 ÷ 160). If your chance of winning the hand is higher than that percentage, calling is profitable in the long run.

Outs & the Rule of 4 and 2

An "out" is a card that improves your hand to (likely) the best hand. A quick way to estimate equity: multiply your outs by 4 when two cards are left to come (on the flop), or by 2 when only one card is left (on the turn). Example: a flush draw (9 outs) on the flop is roughly 9 × 4 = 36% to complete by the river.

3-Betting: Value vs. Bluffs

A well-constructed 3-betting range is usually polarized: strong value hands (premium pairs, AK) mixed with select bluffs that have good blocker or playability properties (small suited aces, suited connectors). Purely medium-strength hands are often better played as flat calls than 3-bets.

Continuation Betting

A continuation bet (c-bet) is a bet made by the preflop raiser on the flop, regardless of whether the flop improved their hand. C-bet frequency should scale with how well the flop texture hits your range relative to your opponent's range, and how many players see the flop (c-bet less often multiway).

Bankroll & Mindset

Even correct decisions lose sometimes — poker is a game of incomplete information played over a large sample of hands. Focus on making the highest expected-value decision each time rather than the result of any single hand.

Glossary

GTO	Game Theory Optimal — an unexploitable strategy; the theoretical baseline this trainer's ranges approximate.
Range	The full set of hands a player could hold in a given spot, given how the hand has played out.
Equity	Your probability of winning the pot given the current cards, assuming no further betting.
Blocker	A card in your hand that reduces the number of combinations of a specific hand your opponent can hold.
Polarized	A range made up of very strong hands and bluffs, with few medium-strength hands.
Straddle	An optional live blind posted before cards are dealt (usually 2x the big blind), which acts as the new "last blind" everyone must act behind — raises are typically sized off it instead of the original big blind.

Recommended Resources

A few things worth a look if you want to go deeper than this trainer.

Poker Academy	A dedicated GTO preflop tool for solved (not approximated) ranges. poker.academy
Upswing Poker	Structured courses from well-known pros, from beginner to advanced. upswingpoker.com
Reading	Modern Poker Theory (Acevedo) and The Course (Miller) are both solid, well-regarded strategy books.
Home game gear	Clay poker chip sets and plastic-coated cards hold up far better than the cheap stuff for a recurring home game.