The Baseline

A full preflop tree, four depths of water.

Original, principle-derived ranges for live 9-max cash — authored by Drawing Dead, not copied from a solver. The 100bb tier is the reference; 200, 500, and 1000bb show you exactly which hands depth moves, and why. Positions are grouped the way live players think: EP (UTG–UTG+1), MP (UTG+2–LJ), then HJ, CO, BTN, SB.

100bb200bb500bb1000bbdiffs highlighted tier to tier

Open Raising

Folded to you. Six positions, raise-or-fold, with the range composition shifting suited and connected as the money deepens.

4 depth tiers

BTN

4 depth tiers

Facing an Open

Someone has opened. Fifteen defender-versus-opener matchups — 3-bet, call, or fold, and watch calls swallow the 3-bet range as stacks grow.

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

Facing a 3-Bet

Your open just got 3-bet. Fifteen opener-versus-3-bettor matchups — and the deepest lesson on the site: how small the range that welcomes a giant pot really is.

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers

4 depth tiers