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By: Cathy ’LadyHoldem’ Roberts and Nikki Kopp
A good poker strategy actually happens well before you find yourself staring down a leather-ass grinder from across the poker table trying to figure out if he really has your kings dominated with a wired pair of bullets; the strategizing actually starts the moment you decide on a blind level.
In No-Limit Hold’em, the minimum bet is usually the big blind. The minimum raise is going to be the amount of the previous bet or raise called. For example, in a 1/2 nl game, the minimum you can raise. The game is no limit texas holdem with blinds at $1/$2. The player in the under the gun (number 3) position calls the big blind. The player in position 4 calls it too. The player in position 5 raises.How Many Poker Chips Should You Buy?
Let’s say for instance you’re going to sit down at a $1/$2 No Limit Texas Hold’em ring game. The minimum buy in depends on the specific casino, and is generally less when you’re playing poker online than when you’re playing at a brick and mortar type poker room.PokerStars Requires 10 Times the Small Blind to Buy Into a Limit Game
At PokerStars the minimum buy in at a fixed limit table is ten times the big blind. So if you’re playing a $3/$6 fixed limit game the minimum amount of chips you’ll need to sit down is $30 (in Fixed Limit, the big blind is the size of the small bet, so in this case $3).
Before we go any farther, sitting down at a $3/$6 game with $30 will generally do one thing for you, it’ll get you familiar with the chip buying process. When you sit down at a limit table with the minimum buy in, you look like a fish, you have no cred (table credibility), and for the most part you get called down to the river by half the poker table every hand. More often than not that leads to suck outs and losing buy-ins.
In this article however, we’re going to focus on No Limit Poker buy-in amounts. So if you choose to play a $1/$2 cash game at PokerStars you’re going to need at least 20 times the big blind according to their ’house rules’.
That’s actually a pretty standard minimum buy-in. And if you’re short-stacking, it works. Perhaps you’ve staked out a pretty juicy table, the players are crazy passive, they raise into each other pretty deep, they get callers, but re-raises (in our dream world here) get folded to. The average chip stack at this table is between $300 and $450.Playing the Aggressive Role with a Short Stack
A more aggressive and/or under funded player might play a short stack here, as their base strategy is making big moves to build a strong stack. So you sit down with $100, the blinds are $1 and $2, making the standard raise here $6, which is not going to scare the opposition off of a hand.
Instead you’re going to raise it up a bit, and if you do get called the pot will be worth fighting for. Six bucks is the standard, so bet around $10-$16 preflop. You’ll have to adjust this for the table standard of course.
If the preflop bet is already regularly $12, that’s obviously not going to make a big difference in the number of callers you get. Ultimately you want one caller; two at most, you don’t want 4-5 people in the hand with you to catch a couple pair or a great draw on the flop.
You might not get any action the first few times, which is good as you’re picking up blinds and small bets without risking your stack, and you’re building a reputation as an aggressive over-better. Soon enough though the other players will tire of your preflop over-betting habits, and buy into your preflop bet.
That’s of course why you’re playing only strong hands. You’re not limping here and you’re not seeing a lot of flops. This isn’t small ball which we’ll discuss later. We’re not pushing with nine ten suited until after we’ve built our stack.
Whenever you’ve got odds to bet, you’re betting big. Another thing to note here is that unless you’ve got live monster hands, you’re playing in position, taking advantage of late position, and laying down almost every single early position hand.
When the flop comes, you shove. Pure and simple, unless you absolutely know you’re beat, you shove. Hint: If you’ve bet $18 preflop (1/5th of your stack) with KQ suited, and an ace flops onto a rainbow colored board, do not shove. Casino events tunica ms. You’re beat.
In my own personal experience here, I always pray to God everyone folds, though I’m usually quite pleased when someone calls. Every now and then you will get beat, sucked out on etc. This is poker - that happens, and if you weren’t expecting it you better get used to it quick.
You should utilize this cut throat short-stack strategy until you’re no longer playing with a short stack.
Once you have built up a stack that’s more comfortable, generally dominant to the other stacks at the table, it’s time to put on the brakes, slow down a bit, realize that you probably have a huge target on your chip-stack, so play a bit more cautiously. Now we’ll discuss how to play once you have the big stack.Playing the Big Stack
When you’re playing with a larger chip stack you can see more flops, play a larger range of hands, and perhaps if you’re a more advanced poker player dip into a small ball strategy whereas you might see a flop with cards as low as 67 suited, relying more on your personal feel for the other players to make tough decisions such as when to raise them off their monsters after a bad flop, and when to fold because you were dominated by a monster wired pair all along. Learn more about playing suited connectors.
There are also reasons for starting out with a solid chip stack in the first place; for one thing, it’s less likely that you’ll lose your entire stack in one hand when you buy in solidly at say 50 times the big blind.
If you’re stacked deep, it’s also less likely that other players will pick you out as the player to poke at and steal blinds from. After all, everyone at the table needs to pick up at least one set of blinds per round just to stay even, and if they’re not getting cards the best way to do this is by picking on the short-stack. Beware however that if you buy too many chips, you can still be prematurely labeled as a fish. This could be a good thing if you’re a strong player, not so good if you’re weak.
Another advantage to having a large stack is taking advantage of the short stacks, especially if they’re not paying close attention to table position. These guys are betting big and playing fast poker as we explained above. Maybe they’ve read this article, but.. so did you.
So you lay in wait, you call with some trapping hands, and you catch them. They shove all in just after your 78 suited makes a double draw on the flop and you hit an eight on the flop, giving you top pair with your draw. The short stack shoves and you’ve got chips to play with, so you eat him up like the fish that he is.
Additionally, as the player with the biggest chip stack, you have the ability to push the table around a bit, helping you to pick up that extra pot every round, which will keep your stack even in the very least.
Before you start making any big moves you should still sit back and watch the table and try to get a feel for how the players are playing. Is it an aggressive table? Or a table full of fish? You’ll have already done some of this homework if you studied lobbies before you sat down of course. Waiting and evaluating can benefit you greatly!More No Limit Hold’em Strategy:NL Hold’em Starting Hand Charts
One aspect of the game of No-Limit Hold’em that causes beginning players much grief is deciding which hands to play and which hands to dump. NL Hold’em is much more difficult than Limit Hold’em because the value of a hand depends on so many factors other than just the cards in your hand. Despite this difficulty, our coaches believe that following some general guidelines and adjusting from these is a better solution than having no guidelines at all. Given that well over half of your profitability in NL Hold’em is based on hand selection alone, we have developed these charts to help you better determine whether to play or fold.
There are no perfect No-Limit starting hand charts. That is because there are many factors that affect your decision, and charts cannot account for all of them. Some of these include:
*The size of your opponent’s stacks.
*How loose or tight, passive or aggressive, your opponents are.
*Where these opponents are located at the table – for example, does an aggressive player still have to act after you?
*Your image at the table – for example, how tight or tricky you are perceived.
That being said, these charts will serve you well in most typical low-stakes No-Limit cash games, such as games with blinds of $1/$2, and home games. These games typically have several loose players at the table, and good opportunities for winning big pots with suited connectors and pocket pairs. With practice, you will be able to be a consistently winning player with these charts as a starting point. As you improve, you’ll find yourself making adjustments to these charts based on the factors listed above, and more.
AGAIN: These charts are a good starting point for beginners. Specifically, Chart #1 recommends a significant amount of limping. This is great in loose, passive games but less often seen in tougher games. You’ll find other training material on Advanced Poker Training that may recommend a more aggressive approach for more experienced players.
Note: It would be a serious mistake to apply these hand charts before reading the Frequent Asked Questions first.
CHART #1 ‐ LOOSE, PASSIVE GAME (OFTEN 4-5 LIMPERS PER HAND)
NO ONE HAS RAISED YET
* Raise Always
* Call from Early Position, otherwise raise
* Call always
* Call from Middle or Late Position if the conditions are right (see Frequently Asked Questions)
CHART #2 ‐ TIGHTER GAME (FEWER LIMPERS) OR MORE AGGRESSIVE GAME
NO ONE HAS RAISED YETTexas Holdem Limit Free
* Raise Always
* Call from Early Position, otherwise raise
* Call (or Raise) from Middle or Late Position if the conditions are right (see Frequently Asked Questions)
Texas Holdem 1 2 No Limit Rules Card GameCHART #3 ‐ THERE HAS BEEN A SINGLE RAISE
(3‐5 TIMES THE BIG BLIND) BEFORE YOUTexas Holdem Rules Pdf
* Re‐Raise Always
* Call from Early Position, otherwise re‐raise
* Call always
* Call from Middle or Late Position if the conditions are right (see Frequently Asked Questions)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
For the hands in yellow, what do you mean when you say to play these hands if the conditions are right? The hands in yellow are speculative hands. They should always be folded from Early Position. From other positions, they can be profitable given the right conditions. Some of the questions to ask yourself:Texas Holdem 1 2 No Limit Rules Cheat
*Are there other players who have called so far (the more, the better)?
*Are the players who have called playing poorly after the flop? Will they pay me off if I hit something?
*Is there an aggressive player still to act behind me (you might get raised and have to fold)?
*If there has been a raise and no other callers, what chance do I have of using my position after the flop to win the hand even if I don’t improve (Chart #3 only)?
Why does Chart #2 say to sometimes raise with the hands in yellow, but Chart #1 does not? We have different goals in mind. Using Chart #1, we want to call to encourage additional players to enter the pot. These hands will be immensely profitable when our loose, passive opponents enter the hand, and get trapped when we flop a set, or make a well-disguised straight. When using Chart #2, however, we want to size up the opponents still to act. If they are tight, we can raise. Sometimes, we’ll pick up the blinds. Other times, our pre-flop aggression will allow us to take down the pot on the flop.
What’s the difference between AKs and AKo? AKs means an Ace and King of the same suit. AKo means an Ace and King of different suits.
What are early, middle, and late position? Early Position is generally the first 2 (in a nine player game) or 3 (in a ten player game) positions after the blinds. Late Position is the “cutoff” position (to the right of the dealer), and dealer button positions. Middle Position is everything in between.
How much should I raise? As a general rule, raise 3 to 4 times the big blind, plus 1 extra big blind for every player who has called before you. So if there are 2 callers already, raise between 5 and 6 times the big blind.
What if someone raises after I call? Whether you call the raise depends on how much money the raiser has for you to win, how many other players are involved, and what type of hand you have. As a general rule, if you have a pocket pair, lean towards calling. If there are a lot of other players (and therefore a big pot), lean towards calling. In general, fold suited connectors from early position. Fold hands like KQ that don’t play well against a raiser.
How do I play from the blinds? From the small blind, play the same hands you would play from late position, plus a few more. But don’t call with junk hands like T5o, just because it is “cheap”. From the big blind, if there is a raise to you, play like you would if you had already called from early position.
The chart says to fold KQo to a raise. Really? Yes, this hand performs very poorly against typical raising hands. Against AK, AQ, AA, KK, QQ, you are a big underdog. Other typical raising hands like JJ, TT, 99, AJs, are slightly ahead of you as well. The only time you might call or re-raise is from late position, if the opener was in middle or late position, indicating they might have a wider range of hands.
I was told to fold AJo from Early Position, why do you say to call with it? Folding AJo is not a bad idea in many games. We included it because, at low stakes tables (even tight or aggressive ones), the players are often playing badly enough after the flop that it can be profitable. We used data from millions of hands of low-limit poker to analyze this. The same could be said for KQo, ATs, and KJs – you can make a small profit in the long run at most low-stakes games, but folding would be perfectly acceptable from early position.
Can I use these charts in a NL Hold’em tournament? The charts would be best applicable to the early stages of a NL tournament, when everyone has a deep stack. In the middle and later stages, they should not be used.
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