There may well be some freaks on this planet so in tune with their natural poker abilities that they can look into an opponent’s soul and know they have Ace-Queen. And if you’re one of those people, you can stop reading now. Okay, that’s Doyle gone, so now I want to explain to the rest of you how assigning players a range of possible hands, rather than taking a guess at one specific hand, can make you lots more money.

When you play a hand of poker your job is to make the best decisions you can. The more information you can deduce about your opponents’ hands the better your decision-making will be, and the bigger your long-term profits.