[User Guide] Preflop Range

In this article, we will explain the preflop feature in detail. Since the preflop is the round you experience most when playing poker, improving your preflop accuracy can significantly enhance your overall game performance. Let’s master NTPoker’s preflop features to boost your preflop skills.

Viewing Ranges

This section explains the front viewing screen for preflop range and how to use it.

How to Read Ranges

In the range viewing screen, you can view hand ranges based on specified situations. By viewing these hand ranges, you can check the actions for each hand.

• Purple: All-in
• Red: Bet, Raise
• Green: Check, Call
• Blue: Fold

Understanding Each Cell

The horizontal width of each cell represents the frequency of the action, and the vertical height represents the weight.
In the image above (left), it shows that you raise 50% and fold 50% of the time. Suppose you choose to raise in this situation. If your opponent responds with a 3-bet to your raise, the cell will be displayed as shown in the image above (right). Here, only half of the vertical height is colored because the weight has been halved due to the previous action’s raise frequency being 50%.

Cell Details

By tapping on each cell, you can view detailed information about that hand. In the detailed information, you can check the action frequencies and EV (in some solutions).
Each cell represents a combination of multiple hands. For offsuit hands, it represents 12 combinations; for pocket pairs, 6 combinations; and for suited hands, 4 combinations. For example, AKs represents AhKh, AcKc, AdKd, and AsKs.

Progressing Actions

On the control panel, the range of the user in the position highlighted in purple is displayed on the screen.
By tapping the position, the available action choices are shown. The actions displayed are only those that are selectable in the solution. You can decide on an action by tapping the displayed action choices.

For players who can input actions, you can also input actions using swipe gestures. Swiping the player icon left performs a raise, up for a call, right for a fold, and down for an all-in. Getting used to this input method allows you to quickly display the desired range with fewer steps.

Automatic Fold

When you input an action for a player, any players who act before that player and have not input an action will be automatically folded.

Skip

Ranges for which there is no data in the solution are skipped. For example, if the solution only contains 2-way data, once the action of the second player is input, any players who act after will be skipped. Skipped players are treated the same as if they folded.

Action Reset

By tapping the “Reset” button, you can cancel all the input actions.

Analysis

Users can specify any situation and use various information in that situation to view analysis information. In the analysis screen, when viewing ranges, you can view EQ information in addition to strategy information.

Switching Display Information

You can switch the display information. In EQ information, strength are described using the colors, with green being high and red being low.

Duplicating Ranges

By displaying two ranges, you can view strategy and EQ simultaneously, and compare them for analysis.

Editing Ranges

By editing the opponent’s range, you can recalculate the EQ.

Range Management

With the range management feature, you can efficiently organize and manage your own ranges.

How to see the Screen

In the range management screen, a list of your saved ranges is displayed. Each range has a name and game information, You can view and manage each range here.

Local and Published

In the range management screen, local saved ranges and published ranges are displayed separately. Local saved ranges are those you have created and downloaded yourself, while published ranges are those you have shared with other users and are saved in the cloud. You can view both range lists by switching the tabs on top.

Filter

In the range management screen, there is a filter function for ranges, allowing you to apply filters based on game format or number of players.

Edit

By tapping on the hand range cards on the screen, you can view the corresponding hand range. When viewing ranges, you can change the situation using the control panel. By tapping the edit button, you can edit the displayed range and overwrite it.

・ Action Input

When entering actions, you can edit the action frequencies using the picker. The input values are automatically adjusted to total 100%, but they are prioritized in the order of Raise, Call, and Fold. All-in is not affected by changes to other values, and the value is only input when directly manipulated. Similarly, you can edit the raise size using the picker.

・ Text Input

You can input the ranges for each situation using text. You can collectively input hands corresponding to each action in text form. You can check the specific input method from the help icon in the upper right corner.

Menu

Ranges Saved Locally

Each range comes with menu options for managing the range. The details of each option are as follows.

・ Set as Active Range Chart

You can set the selected range as the range chart to be viewed. This allows the range you set to be used in the preflop viewing screen. A checkmark appears to the left of the range name for the range chart that is set.

・ Share

Ranges saved locally can be shared with other users within the app. You can choose between publishing within the app and generating a URL as the sharing method. Shared ranges are saved on the server and managed in the list of published ranges.

When you publish within the app, all users can download it from the public hand range screen.

When you generate a URL, you can create a link to share the range with other users. By opening the link, you can download the hand range. When receiving a range from a link, you need to open it from the device’s default browser.

・ Change Hand Range Name

You can change the hand range name. If the hand range name is long, it will be displayed in an abbreviated form.

・ Copy

You can copy the selected range and save it as a new one. This allows you to create custom ranges based on existing ones. Note that if the data size of the NTPoker range is large, you may not be able to copy it.

・ Delete

The range will be completely deleted. This action cannot be undone, so please be careful when deleting to ensure you really want to proceed. NTPoker ranges cannot be deleted.

Ranges Saved in Published

・ Ranges Published Within the App

The menu for ranges published within the app is as shown above.

・ Ranges Shared via Link

For ranges shared via a link, you can set a password, and the menu items will change depending on whether a password is set or not.
Even if you shared without a password initially, you can set one later. Additionally, you can change or delete the password you set at the time of sharing afterward.

Adding Ranges

By tapping the ”+” button located at the bottom of the screen, you can add a new range. You can create a new range or download hand ranges uploaded by other users.

New Creation

After setting the name of the range, you can select the game format, number of players, stack size, and a base hand range in order. You can select the base hand range from the ranges saved locally that match the number of players and stack size.
If you want to edit a range, please do so using the edit function after creating a new one.

Download

By tapping the download button, you can display a list of publicly available hand ranges. You can save these ranges locally.