What are proper positional ranges 9-handed?

Originally Posted by Malbrack

MadMojoMonkey, isn't 4-5% a little nitty for early position? That means you're open folding stuff like 77, KQs, AJs, etc.

4% { 99+,AK,AQs }
5% { 99+,AK,AQ }

Is it nitty? Yes. Is it too nitty? Maybe. It's certainly not too loose, and it's easy as pie to open up once post-flop reads are established.
I think anything over ~6% UTG is playing wild (hopefully mining fishes, and not just spew), and ~7% for UTG+1.

Respecting the importance of not getting hung w/ AJ OOP is a huge step. If you don't believe me, as an experiment, fold AJ from EP 20 times and see how many monies you save.

I definitely think that most problems beginners have is getting involved in EP with hands that play poorly OOP. This will seriously prevent that from happening, and allow them to focus on getting value IP. There are still plenty of spots that will have you guessing OOP.

There are other benefits to having extremely pronounced positional ranges. Those VPIP/PFR stats aren't going to reveal much when your ranges are so different in different positions.

I see your point MMM, and yeah, I'll admit the value of something like AJ depends on what people will call with. But I see a lot of people at the lowest stakes calling a preflop raise with just about any A, so folding AJ (which dominates so many of those hands) is like burning money.