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PREFLOP RANGE CHART

Pick your position, then glance at the grid. Pink = raise, green = call, dark = fold. Raise ranges are calibrated to modern solver-approved opening frequencies — tight up front, wider as you move to the button.

Raise
Call
Fold

Hover (or tap) any hand for the reasoning behind its play.

Why These Ranges Work

Position & Fold Equity

The earlier you act, the more players are still left to act behind you — any one of them could wake up with a monster. Ranges get tighter early and wider late because acting last means fewer opponents to dodge and a much better chance your raise just wins the pot outright.

Suited & Aces

A shared suit adds backdoor flush equity even when the rest of the hand is mediocre, and holding an Ace "blocks" one of the four aces your opponents could have. That's why suited hands and aces stay playable long after their offsuit, non-Ace equivalents have become a fold.

Pairs & Set-Mining

Big pairs (JJ+) are raised everywhere — they're often the best hand before the flop. Small pairs are really about flopping a set (roughly 1-in-8): with lots of players left to act it's cheaper to just call, but with fewer left, raising them outright becomes the stronger play.

Connectedness

Connected cards (like 76s) and one-gappers (like J9s) make straights and flushes that play well against multiple opponents. The lower and more gapped the cards, the more players need to have folded before it's worth raising instead of just calling or folding outright.

Big Blind isn't shown here since you're defending/checking, not opening — that's a different skill (a chart for another day).
When calling or raising, always weigh hand strength, position, bet size, and stack depth together.