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title: "Opening Ranges"
url: https://brunsonpokerpro.com/groups/preflop-ranges/
description: "Which starting hands survive a raise from each seat. A study area of the Brunson Poker Pro network."
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# Opening Ranges

Which starting hands survive a raise from each seat.

Study area:

Opening Ranges

Discussions filed:

2

Suit mark:

spade

Sequence:

7-week network order

Opening ranges are the first thing a player fixes and the last thing a player stops adjusting. The group covers how many hands can be opened from each seat at a nine-handed table, why the same holding is a clear raise on the button and a clear fold under the gun, and how a range narrows when players behind have shown a willingness to three-bet. The work here is memorisation before judgement: a player who has to reason out every opening decision from first principles at the table will make slower and worse decisions later in the hand.

## Discussions in this area

- Week 1 of 7 [Opening ranges by position](https://brunsonpokerpro.com/discussions/opening-ranges-by-position/) Position decides how many hands can be played profitably, because acting last is worth more than any single card in the hand.  7 min
- Week 2 of 7 [Table position and initiative](https://brunsonpokerpro.com/discussions/table-position-and-initiative/) Initiative is the right to make the first statement on a street, and it is worth keeping even with an unimproved hand.  6 min

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