In Part 1 we looked at the key differences between Fixed Limit Hold ‘em and NL Texas Hold’em. We discussed the various benefits of learning this often forgotten about game which is more about finesse than the all-out aggression seen in No Limit and PLO. Now that we have learned a little about the game, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 12, 2010
I have said before that I site hop constantly so using a tracker is of considerably less use to me than what it would be to other players. My biggest use of a tracker in Texas Hold’em is to help me get information on players before I sit down to play with them and this [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Sometimes in a game like no limit Holdem poker, it can only take one player who is throwing a party for the game to be profitable. When you are sitting in a $1-$2 game of no limit hold’em and a live one buys in for $200 and plenty more in his account in which to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Limit Holdem was once the most popular version of Texas Holdem poker. Ten years ago I first logged onto a poker site online and the only games that were populated with players regularly was in limit holdem. I think this was because No Limit Hold ‘em did appear very scary because you could bet anything [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 3, 2010
So with $325 in the pot in this hand of no limit Texas Holdem poker, the flop came 10d-6d-2c giving me a gutshot draw and nothing else. The big blind bet out $175 and I called the bet making a total of $675 in the pot. I like to float (call with the intention of [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 2, 2010
I have the advantage because they don’t know me or how I play and what my goals or objectives are in Texas Hold’em poker. But I started out at $25-$50 by having little hit and run sessions where I would go onto the table and buy in for about $2500. I knew that my opponents [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 1, 2010
I thought long and hard about putting this particular hand example into this article because it covers one of the real secrets as to how I win in the bigger no limit Texas Holdem games. Of course if you are going to write an article then you owe it to the people reading it to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 28, 2010
When you play poker online it is advisable not to have your music blasting and your attention diverted from the action. In live poker, however, you will be forced sit in a certain place and having your iPod loaded up with some music or podcasts can be a welcome relief from irritating opponents using table [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 24, 2010
In general in Hold’em online, I prefer to have a little more equity in the pot than that but I had made the decision to make this move before the flop even fell if my opponent repeated his previous betting pattern which in this case they did. My opponent folds and I rake in a [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 24, 2010
For the vast majority of players then the $25-$50 Texas Holdem level will be at the other end of the spectrum completely but I think that it is instructive to also take a look at some of the tactics that go on in high stakes texas holdem poker as well. In this example I was [...]
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