66 from MP, first in — fold, call or raise?
The answer
Raise
open-raise
The math: Middle position opens 22+. Sixes are comfortably in range here.
Why
This six-max MP range opens every pocket pair. Sixes have immediate pair equity, set potential and a chance to win the blinds before the flop. Raise rather than limping to set-mine.
The spot
- Your seat
- MP
- Stakes and stacks
- $1 / $2 · 100bb
- Your hand
- 6♣ 6♦
- Board
- Preflop — no board yet
- Pot
- POT · $3
- Action on you
- Folds to you
Every option
Foldgive up the hand
Why not: In middle position sixes are a clear open — folding the same hand you’d play from later seats is too tight.
Calllimp along
Why not: Limping invites a multiway pot; raise to take the lead and give yourself two ways to win.
Raiseopen-raiseCorrect
2bb · $4 · 2.5bb · $5 · 3bb · $6
The idea behind it
A hand’s playability rises as position improves. This chart opens 66+ from UTG and every pocket pair from MP onward.
Concept: Position widens ranges
Terms in this spot
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The trainer deals this hand with hints, grading and spaced repetition — and randomized variations of it once you have seen it.