Starting-Hands-Chart Fixed Limit

Very strong hands: AA, KK, QQ / AKs, AKo

Actions of the opposition

Early Pos.

Middle Pos.

Late Pos.

It does not matter what your opponents do.

Small Blind

Big Blind

Small Blind

Big Blind

CAP

Strong hands: JJ,TT, 99 / AQs, AQo, AJs

Actions of the opposition

Early Pos.

Middle Pos.

Late Pos.

All players fold.

Raise

One player calls the BB.

Raise

Two or more players call the BB.

Raise

One player raises. All other opponents fold.

Fold

Raise
Call

One player raises. At least one opponent calls the raise.

Mediocre hands: AJo, ATs, ATo, KQs, KQo

Actions of the opposition

Early Pos.

Middle Pos.

Late Pos.

Small Blind

All players fold.

Fold

Raise

One player calls the BB.

Fold

Raise

Two or more players call the BB.

Fold

Raise

One player raises. All other opponents fold.

One player raises. At least one opponent calls the raise.

Big Blind

Fold

Call

Fold (KQs call)

Call

Speculative hands: From 88 to 22 / KJs, KTs, QJs, QTs, JTs, T9s

Actions of the opposition

Early Pos.

Middle Pos.

All players fold.

Fold

One player calls the BB.

Fold

Late Pos.

Small Blind

Big Blind

Raise
Call

Check

Two or more players call the BB.

Call

Check

One player raises. All other opponents fold.

Fold

Call
Call

One player raises. At least one opponent calls the raise.

Mixed hands: KJo, KTo, QJo, QTo, JTo / From A9s to A2s, K9s, 87s, 98s
Actions of the opposition
All players fold.

Early Pos.

Middle Pos.

Small Blind

Fold

One player calls the BB.

Two or more players call the BB.

Late Pos.

Big Blind

Raise
Fold

Call

Fold

Call

One player raises. All other opponents fold.

Fold

One player raises. At least one opponent calls the raise.

Fold

Check
Check

There was exactly one raise behind you:

You call this raise. If you have a hand out of the group very strong hands you raise.
There was more than one raise behind you:
You call with strong hands and raise with very strong hands. All other hands have to be folded.
There was more than one raise in front of you:
You fold all hands except from very strong hands. With these hands you raise no matter what.

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