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Originally Posted by L enfant terrible
Hi
I am still very confused by the hand ranges in SNG Coach. I am very good at calling the Hero/Villains' push/call %. Usually within a couple of %. What I am finding is that hands change in value between scenarios. Is this correct? And if so can I get an explanation of the methodology behind it.
For example; JTo, say us inside a 34% range in one scenario but later on falls outside of the same % range. I have noticed this a lot when I have started to observe the chart to see what is going on.
LET
Hi. JTo will have different equity against different ranges in different situations.
If you are facing a single all-in from the SB and you're the BB, then there is just SB range it is a one type of situation where JTo will have a certain power.
However if you are facing a push on another position and there are diffent stacks behind you with different calling ranges, all that can change the EV of JTo hand. This can mean that in some cases it will be part of some top % hand ranking, and in the other case it will be behind some hands and will be located in the other top % of hands.
Generally, there is nothing surprising here at all.
Hand value in poker isn't a constant, it depends on various paratemers.
Opponent ranges hand compositions define the hand value, not just the cards in the hand.
It should be easy to see that if we are pushing or calling our hand value can also be very different. For example T9s can be a reasonably tight % push hand, but it almost always is a rather loose % calling hand.