Download printable PDFs covering hand rankings, starting hands, preflop ranges, and postflop strategy. Three skill levels, no signup, no cost.
Each cheat sheet is a free PDF you can save to your phone, open on a second monitor, or print and keep beside your screen while you play. Pick the level that matches where you are right now, not where you want to be.
The beginner sheet starts with the basics every Texas Hold'em player has to know. You get the full hand ranking order, a clear explanation of the small blind, big blind, button, and other positions, and a simple list of starting hands you can play comfortably while you learn. The goal is to stop you from putting money in with weak hands or playing every flop out of position.
The intermediate sheet assumes you already know the rules and are ready to add structure to your game. It covers preflop opening ranges from each position, when to call and when to fold against a raise, and how to think about position and pot odds after the flop. It is the bridge between knowing what beats what and actually playing winning poker.
The advanced sheet is built for players who are serious about cash games or tournaments. You get full 3-bet and 4-bet ranges by position, a framework for reading flop textures, and guidelines for sizing your continuation bets, barrels, and river bets. It mirrors the kind of structure that solver-trained players follow, simplified into a single reference.
All three sheets include a quick hand ranking reference, from high card up to the royal flush. New players use it to confirm winners at showdown. Stronger players use it as a sanity check when reading suited and connected boards where straights and flushes get easy to miss.
Hands are grouped by strength and playability rather than listed one by one. That is the same shorthand used in our Range Analysis Tool, so the cheat sheet and the tool reinforce each other while you study.
The intermediate and advanced sheets break ranges down by seat: under the gun, middle position, cutoff, button, small blind, and big blind. Position changes how wide you can open, how often you should defend, and how much you can 3-bet. The charts make those differences explicit so you do not have to guess.
Match the cheat sheet to your current play, not your ambition. A new player who jumps to the advanced sheet ends up confused. Start at the level you can apply consistently and move up when the choices feel automatic.
Open the PDF away from the table and read one section at a time. Five minutes of focused study before a session is worth more than an hour of glancing at the chart while you play.
If you play online, keep the PDF open on a second monitor or beside your screen. If you play live, glance at a printed copy between hands. The cheat sheet is a reference, not a script, so use it for the spots you are unsure about.
Once you have the chart in front of you, plug the same ranges into the Range Analysis Tool and watch how they perform on different boards. That is how the chart stops being a list of hands and starts becoming a feel for the game.
After you play, look back at the hands where you deviated from the cheat sheet. Sometimes the deviation was correct, sometimes it was tilt or curiosity. Marking the difference is how you actually improve.
You are ready for the next sheet when the current one feels obvious in real time. If the intermediate ranges feel like second nature, the advanced sheet is your next study target.
A long session asks you to make hundreds of small decisions. Each one drains focus. A cheat sheet handles the obvious decisions for you, so your attention is free for the spots that actually matter.
Repeating the same correct decision over and over is how good play becomes automatic. A cheat sheet feeds you the right pattern until the pattern becomes the default.
If you keep deviating from the chart in the same way - opening too wide from early position, calling too much from the big blind, folding too often to 3-bets - you have just identified a concrete leak you can fix.
Without a reference, your ranges drift. You play tighter when you are losing and looser when you are winning. A cheat sheet gives you a steady baseline so your strategy stays consistent across sessions.
You have played a few home games or downloaded a poker app and want to stop guessing. The beginner cheat sheet gets you past the most common mistakes - playing every hand, ignoring position, calling too often - and gives you a foundation you can actually build on.
You know the rules, you have probably played online for a while, and you suspect your starting hand selection is leaking money. The intermediate sheet replaces gut feel with structured opening ranges and an introduction to 3-betting.
You play regularly, study off the table, and want a structured reference for 3-bet ranges, board textures, and postflop bet sizing. The advanced cheat sheet is the closest thing to a solver baseline you can fit on a single printable PDF.
Yes. All three Bluffing Monkeys poker cheat sheets are completely free to download. There is no signup, no email required, and no payment. Just click the download button on the level you want.
If you are new to poker or have only played casually, start with the beginner cheat sheet. If you already know hand rankings and basic position play, the intermediate sheet is a better fit. The advanced sheet is for players who already use opening ranges and want to add 3-bet and postflop structure.
Yes. Each cheat sheet is a PDF designed to be printed on standard letter or A4 paper. You can keep a printed copy next to your computer while you play online or take it to a home game for reference between hands.
The recommendations are based on standard 100 big blind cash game spots, which is also a strong baseline for the early and middle stages of tournaments. Late-stage tournament play with short stacks requires push or fold charts, which are not the focus of these sheets.
Yes. The cheat sheets are written for No-Limit Texas Hold'em. Other variants like Pot-Limit Omaha, Short Deck, and Stud have different hand rankings and ranges, so the charts here will not apply directly.
A cheat sheet gives you a solid baseline so you stop making the most common mistakes, but real improvement comes from studying hands, reviewing your sessions, and adjusting to your opponents. Treat the cheat sheet as a starting point, not a finished strategy.
Yes. You can share a link to this page so friends can download their own copies. Please link to the page rather than re-uploading the PDFs elsewhere, so the content stays up to date.
The beginner sheet stays focused on hand rankings and starting hands. The intermediate sheet introduces basic postflop concepts. The advanced sheet covers continuation betting, board textures, and how to plan turns and rivers.
Take the ranges from your cheat sheet and test them against real boards on the flop, turn, and river. Open the Range Analysis Tool.
Compare two complete ranges head to head and see equity break down across runouts. Open the Range Equity Calculator.
Calculate the odds of any hand against any other hand or range, on any board. Open the Poker Odds Calculator.
Visual references for bankroll management, pot odds, starting hands, tournament strategy, and more. Browse the gallery.
Definitions for every poker term used across our tools and cheat sheets. Open the glossary.
