No Limit Texas
Holdem Poker Strategy
No limit Texas Holdem Poker.
"The Cadillac of Poker Games" as referred to by Doyle Brunson.
This is the game that you see
played on TV. The game that created the phrase "all-in". No
limit Texas Holdem Poker.
No limit Texas Holdem Poker
requires all of the skills that you have developed while playing
limit poker but you’ll also need more patience, more strategy
and more bravery than when you played limit holdem.
Many players have a lot of
difficulty transforming from playing limit to no limit Texas
Holdem poker. As you are making this transition you will want to
become a tighter player.
If you are a beginner no limit
Holdem player I recommend that you play a play a very tight
game. The
Texas Holdem Strategy that I recommend is that you play high pairs
Ace-Ace through 10-10. Then as you become
comfortable with the nuances of no limit Texas Holdem, begin
adding A-K, A-Q, A-J.
AA, KK, QQ are good hands to go
all in for beginners. But before you do go all in, keep an eye
of how your opponents are betting to help determine the strength
of there hands.
As you become more comfortable
playing NL then you can incorporate more hands – going for
flushes, straights etc…
As an intermediate player, begin
introducing some of the middle and low pairs into your game 9-9,
8-8 etc.
As an advanced texas holdem poker
player, introduce playing suited connectors into your game.
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When you begin playing no limit
Texas Holdem poker it is important to start putting opponents on
a hand – guessing the two hole cards. Do this by paying
attention to opponents. How did they bet their hand before the
flop? How much did he bet and what does he want his opponent to
do (call, fold, re-raise)? What did he have the last time he
acted this way? How did the flop change how he played? Also,
don’t forget about the cards on the board because that will also
play into how you assess your opponent’s hand.
Learning how to determine your
opponents hole cards will let you know when it’s right to fold
those pocket queens or not.
The most important thing is
getting comfortable playing the game. As you do get more
comfortable you will probably come to enjoy NL over L because,
in my opinion, it involves so much more strategy and different
nuances- making it a challenge- but an extremely fun one.
Where as in limit holdem you would
chase after draws, in no limit you’ll want to chase carefully.
If you are holding suited connectors and don’t hit the flop you
will want to think about folding. Staying in the game with these
can cost you most if not all of your chips. If you do stay in
the game, you want to do it with putting as little as possible
into the pot.
There is a greater emphasis on
hands that connect with the board to make very strong hands.
Many very successful no-limit players limit themselves to
playing only the best hands.
You should take pre-flop raises
very seriously in No limit Texas Holdem Poker, especially if the
pot is raised by someone seated in early position.
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No limit Texas Holdem Poker
rewards the aggressive player. You should always be thinking
about what your opponents may be holding and whether you have a
hand that is worth raising with.
One very effective tactic that is
used in No limit Texas Holdem Poker is “trapping”. Trapping is
when you’re hand connects with the flop so as to create an
unbeatable (or nearly unbeatable) hand. For example, you have
pocket queens and the flop comes down Q-J-Q.
If you bet right into your
opponents, they will likely think you have a set of queens and
fold right there. By just checking or calling a bet, they may
stay in the pot longer thereby creating a larger pot. You
obviously end up winning more and potentially a lot more using
this trapping technique. The key is that you can only do this
with a very strong hand. |
