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RE: Preflop Poker Guide: Hands to Raise From Each Position
The best calling ranges I have found were in Matthew Janda's book... They are part of a full GTO strategy (to the extent that it is possible to approximate one!) and as such, it is not hard to craft balanced ranges for any given flop.
I read his book back in the day and I didn't really agree with his ranges. Thought there were a couple spots he was calling way too wide (down to 54s in some spots with players behind). That said I had no way to show my ranges were better haha. Only real way is for someone like nanonoko with a few million hand database to chime in with his empirical results, but it's always been the area where I beat my head against a wall and could never justify answers.
The thing with 54s and similar hands is that they retain their equity very well on many flops. It's very easy to construct robust ranges with a hand like 54s.