How can you put an early position raiser on a hand? The only way to put someone on a hand is to gain information. In order to do that you must bet. This will give you the first indication of what they have. If somebody raises from early position and you don’t know what kind of player they are, they could have almost anything. If you want to test their hand you can flat (min.) raise; if they re-raise then the range of hands you can put them on is suddenly diminished. You can probably put them on A-A, K-K, Q-Q, A-K or maybe J-J.