Texas Hold em Tactic
Posted in Poker on 09/08/2012 02:21 pm by Shelby
I am not going to go over the rules of how to play Texas hold’em. Chances are you know the basics and are now ready to improve your game.
So, I will receive straight into the Method of Texas holdem.
Basically the casino game begins with everyone being dealt 2 cards (hole cards). Out of the 169 doable starting fingers there are only particular hands you should play with which I will list below.
Strong Arms
Ace-Ace, King-King, QQ, Jack-Jack and Ace-King (suited).
These are the strongest doable hole cards in texas hold em. These generate you favorite straight away and need to be played very aggressively and constantly raised with no matter what position you might be in. If others would like to keep in you really should make it pricey for them, this will also drive out any weaker fingers that may possibly have otherwise stayed in and got a lucky flop to generate a far better hand. With AA and KK you really should always re-raise if there’s a raise before you.
Great Palms
TT, AQ (appropriate), AJ (appropriate), KQ (suited) and Ace-King
These are very good palms, an ace plus a great card gives you the chance of a good pair with an excellent kicker. Also appropriate good cards give you the possibility of good pairs and flushes with a great kicker. These fingers must also be played aggressively and raised with from middle to late positions if no other raises have been made. If there has already been a boost it is typically best to just call. Similarly if that you are in an early position it can be often best to merely call or perhaps just generate a small raise with these hands for fear of being re-raised by someone with a robust hand.
MEDIUM Palms
A10 (suited), KJ (appropriate), Queen-Jack (suited), JT (suited), Ace-Queen and 99. A2 (appropriate), A3 (suited), Ace-Four (suited) and A5 (appropriate
These are medium strength palms with very good possibilities but you might have to contemplate how other gamblers are gambling. If one or two players bet aggressively then chances are they have a much better hand than you and you really should fold.
If you do keep in for the flop then you have to make a decision whether to stay in for the turn card. You may have to use common sense here. If you have made a hand then you may need to stay in except take into account what the other players may have. Could they make a far better flush or straight than you? Is there an ace in the flop giving someone a potential pair of aces that beats your great pair?
Any pair, eight or less, is worth betting if it does not cost you a lot much more than the big blind to see the flop or about five per cent of your stack.
The reason being that the flop will generate your pocket pair into three of a kind about twelve % of the time. So a low pair is suddenly a fairly strong hand if the flop turns your pair into a set. As constantly you have to take into account if someone can beat it depending on what’s showing.
You have to make a decision what to do based on how they bet, again if they bet aggressively they may well have a superior hand than you. They might be bluffing but as a rule its very best to be cautious and wait for the killer hand to beat them with.