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Originally Posted by ArtyMcFly
To echo Kelvis's point, there is (much) more difference between CO and BTN ranges than there are between UTG and MP1. There's not a linear relationship between position and width of range. UTG and UTG+1 are almost identical, but each subsequent position allows you to add a greater proportion of hands. e.g. you might play 18% in HJ, 24% in CO, but 40% on the button, whereas the first 3 or 4 positions might all be less then 12%.
If you really want to simplify things, I'd build one (tight) range for the first 3 seats, a slightly looser range for the next 2, and then have individual ranges for CO and BTN (and indeed the SB, which uses yet another specific strat).
Thank you for the teaching. Eye opening for sure. I know that opening ranges and really everything thing else can not be static. At the same time I am trying to keep it simple and out of trouble. Kind of like lining up in the Power I Formation and having a 3 yards and a cloud of dust offense combined with a bend don't break defense. The percentages that you list for playable hands, for example 24% in the CO seat; is that the top 24% of hands as listed in various opening hand rankings chart or what you wind up playing based on your determining factors at the time (i. e. action before you, type of players yet to act, etc)?