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In high limit hold’em games you need to be very tricky and creative in order to make money. In low limit hold’em games it is a bit different. Of course creativeness and aggressiveness are also advantages but a tight strategy can be just as profitable.

What do I mean by tight strategy? It does not mean you only need to play with pocket aces or kings. In late positions you can do some blind stealing with reasonable hands and that is enough to remain at your stack size. This means that even if you do not have any great hands but you steal blinds once in a while your stack will remain the same size and you will not lose it slowly. This is crucial because when you get your big hand and get involved in an all-in you should have full stack size.

Now I analyze a hand where I was involved with a player in a huge pot and my note told me what to do.

I was playing at a $0,50/$1 blind level, 9 handed no limit hold’em table. My stack was $89,95 on the button and everybody folded to me. I had AsTs which is a perfect hand to make a regular raise and try to take the blinds. I raised to $3,50, the small blind called and the big blind folded. The pot was $8 and the small blind started the hand with $57,80.

The flop was: 6h8hTc. I had top pair with top kicker but the table has many draws. My opponent checked. I should bet large, expect him to fold when he has nothing and make a call with a large variety of hands. I bet $7 and he quickly called. The pot was $22.

The turn was a blank, the 2s. Then something very interesting happened. My opponent pushed all-in with $47,30 on a $22 pot. I made the call and my opponent showed 4h7h for an inside straight draw and a flush draw. What a shame that Kh hit the river and completed his flush. My opponent won the $116,60 pot by hitting one of his 12 outs.

As you can see your notes can make a huge difference in large pots. It helped me a lot to read my opponent in a key situation. Unfortunately he hit his 27% (12 outs from the 44 remaining cards) but in poker that happens. All you can do is play your best poker and when you go all-in you lay back and hope for the best.

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No matter what type of player you are these Texas Hold Em Poker strategy tips will improve your game and allow you to make more money playing poker.

Texas Hold Em Poker strategies can be differentiated into three distinct divisions:

- Beginner Texas HoldEm Poker strategy

- Intermediate Texas HoldEm Poker strategy

- Advanced Texas HoldEm Poker strategy

Beginner Texas Hold Em Poker Strategy

If you have just started playing Texas HoldEm Poker, then it is very important to understand the game first and stick to the following strategies. Try to play only the best starting Texas Hold Em Poker hands. As a beginner, the only poker hands that you should play are- K-K, J-J, A-A, Q-Q, 9-9, 10-10, 8-8, A-Qs, A-Ks, K-Qs. Here “s” indicates that the cards are the same suit – i.e. both club or both diamonds.

As a beginner, you will not know all the tricks of the trade and so it is better to restrict yourself to only the mentioned poker hands. If you get any other poker hand, it is better to fold.

Fold – if you got none of the best starting hands

Bet or raise – If you get one of the best starting hands

Fold – if hand has not improved after the flop

Raise – if your poker hand has improved after the flop

Fold – the hand has not improved after the Turn and River

Raise – if your hand is improved after the Turn and River

Beginner’s strategy for Texas HoldEm Poker will help you to learn poker and win some quick cash.

Intermediate Texas Hold Em Poker strategy

If you have crossed the beginner’s stage, then in the intermediate stage as a Texas Holdem Poker player, you can add some more hands into your arsenal of Texas Hold Em Poker hands: K-Q, A-10s, K-Js, A-Q, A-K, 5-5, 6-6, 3-3, 7-7, 4-4, 2-2. Here s indicates suited eg. King of clubs and Jack of clubs. You already have a few poker hand recommendations from the beginner’s stage.

Fold – if you got none of the best starting hands

Bet or raise – If you get one of the best starting hands

Fold – if hand has not improved after the flop

Raise – if your poker hand has improved after the flop

Fold – the hand has not improved after the Turn and River

Raise – if your hand is improved after the Turn and River (more…)

When you are in the blinds in poker tournaments you are in a vulnerable position. Before the flop you are last to act, so you have seen what the intent is of the opposition, and you are partially invested giving you better odds to play. The problem off-course is that you will be playing out of position, being first to act on each consecutive round of betting from the flop to the river.

In this article we are looking at the aggressive route of defense. Instead of accepting the play out of position you will be three bet pushing when faced with someone’s steal attempt. There is however three factors that you want to take into consideration before you before making this move:

* Your chip stack, optimally 12-20 big blinds
* The cards you have been dealt, in relation to the range of cards of your opponent.
* How loose your opponent is who is attempting to steal

The stack of 12-20 blinds is often called the reship stack; the reason is that this is the optimal chip stack for you to push into a stealer. With this type of poker chip stack, you will be looking for the best opportunity to present itself for you to reraise and push against your opponent.

Next you have to look at your hole cards. You do not really want to push a hand like 95o, which will be killed if you run into one of the better hands. Against the stronger hands some of the weaker you can play that do quite well are: Pocket pairs like 22-77, suited high cards JTs, QJs, QTs and KJs. With aces you want to avoid hands that easily are dominated like A9o and ATo, and then it is better to add something like A5s as the second card does not matter much if you run into some premium hand. For instance if you run into hands like AK and AQ, hands like A5s although not good will still be better than ATo.

The perhaps most important factor to consider before three bet pushing or reshoving is to determine how loose your opponent is playing. When you push you mostly hope that your opponent will fold and you simply pick up the pot without a fight. For this to occur your opponent will have to have a weaker hand, so if you have a hand like AJ and carefully tight Mr. Nitty has raised from early position, then you can be sure your hand will be worse than his. If on the other hand we have Mr. Aggressor who likes to steal and are opening yet another hand from the dealer button, then it is more likely that he might have anything. In that instance a hand as weak as A2o might be enough to reraise all in. (more…)