Limit Hold ‘Em

Andrew wrote an interesting post today on
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When you play any poker game, everyone knows you want to whittle down the field to heads up. Not only do you then only have to worry about only one other player and what there cards are, but your check call strategy can easily figure out how much you will need to put into the pot to see the river. This is easier in NL, because you can bet whatever you want. Having a 6-way hand to see the flop in NL is ridiculous, but not uncommon in limit hold ‘em.
What’s important, then, is the pre-flop betting. We’ve already dicussed that you can only bet or raise a specified amount in limit. Pretty easy. But my general rule is if you can’t raise, you shouldn’t be playing that hand. This is about aggressive play, and maybe even some lose aggressive if you have a good read on the table and [...]

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unknown wrote an interesting post today on
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(Ed. Note: For the sake of discussions now and in future blogs, I will be talking in terms of small limit, mainly $3-6, because that is a VERY typical game one would find going at any casino. If you regularly play $5-10 or $30-60 or whatever limit, that’s fantastic. Just substitute in your own numbers. If you can afford that, you can play that. But the tactics I will talk about from here on out are all transferable.)
Page 1, chapter 1, book 1. To play any poker game, you head needs to be in the right place. You need to be calm, you need to be aware of the other players, you need to think of the possibilities as each card comes off the deck. This is the trouble with No Limit players (NLP) in low-limit games.
NLP’s walk in with the NL attitude. They may be waiting for a seat to open [...]

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Anonymous wrote an interesting post today on
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I’ve been playing limit poker now for almost 20 years, mainly $3-6 to $10-20 but as high as $30-60 when I used to play at the Commerce. I was also a professional poker dealer in California, but now, soon to be married, I have dropped back to playing 1 to 3 times per week from the consistent 6-7 days that I used to. I grew up in Northern California and have played them all up here, plus Southern California, Vegas, AC, Washington, Montana, and Mississippi. I’ve played hold ‘em, stud, pineapple, pitch-and-roll, whatever there is available that day.
I write this blog for one main reason. Since the explosion of no limit hold ‘em, everyone and their dog thinks they can just sit down, play cards, and win. But the only thing they see on TV or the online tournaments they play in is no limit and people pushing huge amounts [...]

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Rita Fabbi wrote an interesting post today on
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This article might be a tad bit controversial to those with no sense of humor. If the subject matter sounds offensive, then stop reading now!
In the year 47 AD (after draw), these Commandments were brought down from Mt. Borgata, and shall be considered law in any card room East of Las Vegas. The California card rooms have their own unique Commandments that no one pays any attention to.
1: The King of Spades is the Lord and God of the deck. Thou shalt have no other Kings before him. Thou shalt worship him openly with a joyous heart, but should fold him in early position if his partner is anything other than a King, Queen, or Ace.
2: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain after slow-playing AA against the blinds and losing when T5 makes 2 pair. The Lord helps those who raise.
3: Remember thou [...]

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Low Limit wrote an interesting post today on
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For those with the upright constitution, Limit Texas Holdem can be a very pleasing game. Unlike its more popular member, No Limit, Limit Texas Holdem is a game of patience and focus. You will not find the exciting shouts of “All In!” in this more refined form of , but you will find a steady fount of winnings if you play the game moral.
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Anyone can play Limit Texas Holdem. The game is very similar to No Limit with the main difference existence in the bookmaking arrangement. You still get two hole membership card; there is a card flop, and a turn and watercourse card. The best hand wins. All of that is the same. What is changed, still, is the aggregate of ready money that you can bet at each round of play.

Limit Texas Holdem confine the extent of bucks that can be bet at any one time. [...]

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ramakazi wrote an interesting post today on
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 ”How long does it take to learn poker, Dad?”
“All your life, son.”
This Post on How To Learn Poker will teach you about the hands, what’s the best ones and continuing off from last time! Let’s get started on lesson 2 of How To Play Poker!
When the dealer has completed dealing out the cards on the board you make your best cards using only 5 cards. Both of none of the cards in your hand and the cards of the board (Community Cards).  Now to see what cards are the best and what cards are the worst.
The Best to Worst cards are:
A, K ,Q ,J ,10 ,9 ,8 ,7 ,6 ,5 ,4 ,3 ,2.
Now the different combo’s of these cards:
The Worst is a high card: e.g. A 8 5 3 K.
Then it goes to the basic pair: e.g. A 2 K Q Q.
Then the two pair: e.g. A A K K Q.
Then the 3 of [...]

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ramakazi wrote an interesting post today on
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Is it a reasonable thing, I ask you, for a grown man to run about and hit a ball?  Poker’s the only game fit for a grown man.  Then, your hand is against every man’s, and every man’s is against yours.  Teamwork?  Who ever made a fortune by teamwork?  There’s only one way to make a fortune, and that’s to down the fellow who’s up against you
Welcome to the Third lesson on How To Play Poker.
This lesson I’ll teach you where to poker online and how to play poker online.
I use this site all the time, it’s free, not too much people, User-Friendly and has free rolls. I recommend www.poker.com. When you go to it click on the download link and wait for it to download. Follow the downloading instructions and when it’s done it will have an ‘Install Poker.com’ desktop icon. Click it and follow those instructions. When they’ve done [...]

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ramakazi wrote an interesting post today on
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The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent; it happens at the poker table all the time. 
Welcome back for the Forth Lesson of How To Play Poker.
This lesson is continuing from the last including How To Play Poker-What to do in the first weeks of playing poker online.
Just play Play money tables, learn how people play different hands and join the occasional Freeroll.
Play your Money Like It’s Real.
When starting online as said before play Play money and treat the money you have like real money so you will develop what to play and what not to. It’s quite good mentally training. It’s also good to stay in a table for quite some time to see how certain people play certain hands. Learn when to  avoid or target with your hands by reading the opposing player.
I also want you to learn another the other ways of playing poker, Limit and pot-limit.
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deadmoney wrote an interesting post today on
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The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius 
This is the first post from the blog: How To Play Poker.
Today I’ll be explaining where poker started and teach you the basics of How To Play Poker. When you’ve finished and read all my posts you’ll be able to play poker and make money online or at the local casino!
My favourite and poker game I play the most is Texas Hold ‘em. Basically at the beginning of every game you are delt 2 cards face down by the dealer. The deal button is passed around to the person to the left at the end of each ‘Hand’.   A hand is basically that turn of game play (a round).
At the beginning of every Hand the Small Blind and Big Blind have to put a given amount of money every turn (The BLIND).The Big Blind has to [...]

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hlakLG66 wrote an interesting post today on
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Tja das sieht irgendwie alles andere als rosig aus. Jeweils 50% der Hände sind 0.25-0.5$ und 0.5-1$ Limit auf Pokerstars.de. Kann mir mal jemand erklären, was ich falsch gemacht hab? Eigentlich ist Limit Poker doch nicht wirklich schwer, vorallem nicht in den Levels. Poker Tracker verrät mir tighte 18% Flop gesehen / 9% geraised und einen Agression-Faktor von 2+. Dagegen stehen durchwachsende -1.38 BB/100 und “nur” 58% Won at Showdown. KQs und KJs sind meine größten “Loser”, AA und JJ die lukrativsten Hände. Zweimal gefloppte Top Two gegen das Set, einmal QQ gegen KK. Naja, als kleiner Trost habe ich mir den “SilverStar”-Status bei Pokerstars erspielt, mal sehen ob sich das mehr an FPPs bemerkbar macht. Im Oktober heißt es also, erstmal kontrolliert die Bankroll wieder aufzubauen und dann entweder bei 1/2$ loszulegen oder statt dessen ins Casino. Momentan bin ich eher für Casino. Kontrollierte Bankrolloffensive sieht dann übrigens so [...]

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