Out Play Your Opponents by Using PokerStove

Part 1: Efficiently inputting hand ranges by using PokerStove's shortcuts

Quick summary

ALT - this hand and higher (e.g. A8s+ by ALT-clicking A8s)

CTRL - column and row that includes this hand (e.g. KK and all Kx when CTRL-clicking KK)

SHIFT - similar to CTRL+click in Windows. Treats multiple clicks as single selection

Let's say that an UTG raiser is running 30/25. From past hands, we know that Villain raises suited aces, suited broadways, suited connectors 87s and higher, suited gappers T8s and higher, pocket pairs, ATo+, KQo from UTG. Let's put this range into PokerStove quickly and efficiently:

First click "Any Pair:"

Now hold ALT and click "ATo" and "A2s" to select ATo+ and A2s+ respectively:

Continue by holding ALT and clicking KTs, QTs, J9s, T8s, then click 98s, 87s, and KQo:

In just 10 clicks we have put in Villain's entire range!

From the button we know that he's raising over 50% of hands. He is strangely superstitious and anytime the 2 is in his hand, he raises that as well even if it's not in his range.

Click "Any Pair" and "Any Broadway:"

Hold CTRL and click AA to select all Ax hands:

As before, hold ALT and click K8o, Q8o, J8o, T8o, K2s, Q2s, J2s, T6s, 95s, 84s, 74s, 63s, 52s, 42s. Then click 98o, 87o, 32s:

Now click K2o. Hold SHIFT and click all of the unselected hands that include a 2. In the lower right corner you'll see a bunch of suits. Since the 2 is the lower of the 2 numbers in all of these hands, click every square except the rightmost column to deselect every hand that does not include the 2:

Let's see how our JTo in the SB is faring against his button range. Click OK and then Evaluate and wait a bit:

Ugh. JTo is slightly behind a range that includes a bunch of garbage.