66 from UTG, first in — fold, call or raise?
The answer
Raise
open-raise
The math: This six-max UTG chart opens 66+. Sixes sit exactly on the boundary.
Why
Sixes begin ahead of every unpaired hand and still flop a set about one time in eight. With five opponents rather than eight, that is enough to raise first in. Open 2.5bb; if the table is unusually aggressive behind, adjust rather than open-limp.
The spot
- Your seat
- UTG
- Stakes and stacks
- $1 / $2 · 100bb
- Your hand
- 6♠ 6♥
- Board
- Preflop — no board yet
- Pot
- POT · $3
- Action on you
- You’re first to act
Every option
Foldgive up the hand
Why not: Sixes are exactly the pocket-pair floor in this six-max UTG chart. Folding them would be too tight.
Calllimp to set-mine
Why not: Limping to set-mine gives up initiative and advertises a capped range. Sixes enter this unopened pot with a raise.
Raiseopen-raiseCorrect
2bb · $4 · 2.5bb · $5 · 3bb · $6
The idea behind it
Pocket pairs have immediate showdown value as well as set potential. In this six-max model UTG starts at 66, while MP and later open every pair.
Concept: Range edges
Terms in this spot
Play it instead of reading it
The trainer deals this hand with hints, grading and spaced repetition — and randomized variations of it once you have seen it.