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Limit Holdem Poker

Limit Holdem is most commonly played as a cash game. In fact, it’s the most popular cash game played both live and online, so you can imagine that it’s a pretty standard form of poker to learn.

Limit Holdem Strategy

Although this game is similar to No Limit Holdem, Limit Holdem requires a completely different outlook and skill set to beat the game. No Limit Holdem players are often considered fish in limit games, because they don’t take the time to learn the differences. More hands go to a showdown and you have less control over the other players because of limited bet sizes.

Limit holdem involves a lot of controlled aggression. You have to sit back, wait for the right hand, and then raise your heart out. Squeeze as much as you can from your opponents when you have the best of it, and lose as little as possible when you’re behind. Since you’re limited by the amount you can bet, it’s hard to bluff with the purpose of getting your opponent off a hand.

Sometimes poker tactics like check raising work, but usually it’s best to play straight forward, since it won’t cost your opponent to much to call down if they’re suspicious. When you’re behind and you don’t have the odds to continue, your best bet is to just lay down your hand and wait for a better spot.

Pot odds are a very important in limit holdem when determining whether you should continue playing a draw when you’re behind. You have to consider the size of the pot, your odds of hitting the draw, and if any of your outs may be counterfeited (a card that will complete your draw, but also give your opponent a better hand).

Pre-flop - Limit Holdem Starting Hands:

Your starting hand selection should vary depending on the table, your position, and the action before you. Because there’s so many variables, no chart or guide can turn you into a winning player, but they can help get you on your way to playing winning poker.

Here’s a general guide to the starting hands you should be playing in limit holdem.

In early position you have to play extra tight, because you don’t have the advantage of seeing how other players react before you.

In a standard 9 handed game you should only be playing premium hand like AA - JJ, and AKs - AQ in early position. In middle position you can begin playing more hands.

In an unraised pot without any callers you can open with A10o, KJs, 88 and up. If there are limpers before you then you can raise or call with the above hands, depending on the situation, and play a few more hands like medium high suited connecters, because you have better pot odds.

In a raised pot you should tighten up, but still protect your premium hands with a re-raise.

In late position you have the advantage of seeing how everyone acts before you, so you can play a much wider range of starting hands, like lower pairs, mid suited connectors, Ax suited, and mid to high suited gap connectors. Just like in middle position though, you have to adjust depending on how many players are in the pot and who has raised.

The blinds are the worst position because you have to put money in the pot with any two cards and you’re the first to act on the flop, turn, and river. You can’t avoid losing money in the blinds, so you just have to try to keep your losses to a minimum.

You should still raise and re-raise your premium hands. Be careful getting involved with marginal hands though, because it’s easy to get out played or put in poor situations when you’re out of position.

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