Texas Hold ‘Em: Tips And Strategies

Though position in the Texas Hold ‘Em gambling table is advantageous, it may not work effectively for you if you don’t know the rightful betting pattern to take. Take note that by placing bet, you are declaring that you have a good or playable or competitive hand. Raising is otherwise concluding you have the best hand and they should wager money to forward the game. Commonly, a player is supposed to fold when faced a bad hand and raise when awarded a good hand. But if everyone pin to this policy, a need for any strategy won’t be necessary and playing the game would cause you not much excitement. Thus, you should learn how to go beyond the policy and attempt to be cunning and deceptive. But how do you do that? Check on the following strategic plays.



Blind-Stealing

A raise is often called blind-stealing when you are on a dealer button and only have the blinds are left. So, instead of simply checking, this may cause the blinds to fold. Though this is not a get rich quick strategy, but is useful when you want to turn the game fast so you may have a new (better) hand. Not to mention a few chips will be added to your stack. But if the blinds become very high, blind stealing is a fantastic tactic to use.

Steal-Raise

If you have hit a piece of the flop and wanted to see where you stand while taking advantage of the pot, this is recommended. This can be done with a simple raise if all the players have checked and you are the last to respond. This can limit the number of active players and expose who among your opponents seemingly have a good or competitive hand.

Check-Raising

Increasing the pot when you have the edge is the objective of this unique and not so obvious strategy. The act of appearing having a not so good hand and luring opponents to raise so that you can reraise them back. The goal is actually to boast opponents confidence so they may feel more secure and possibly raise. And when they do, you reraise to challenge their hands. For instance, I was the first to place bet and I have AA and there are A -A -K in the flop. A novice would go raising a high amount with this which will hint opponents that you have triple or beyond and would scare and make them fold. But I don’t want to scare them to fold knowing that I have the best hand, so I checked and waited for someone to bet. My opponent bets, and I raise a bit to keep him thinking.

The Opener

Raising when you are the early player. Though this strategy would hint opponents that you have a good hand (or appearing having a good hand), it can limit the players on the table and can also be utilize to get information (a player with a good hand would usually call). Weak, tight and players with bad hand will eventually fold. But the ones remaining are expected aggressive or having a truly competitive hand.

Squeezing

Putting pressure on your opponents especially when they feel incompetent on their cards can help you win the round. You just have to raise when you suspect another player or players may be on a draw. Ex. Players looking for a flush, straight, etc. Raising a good amount halts players especially those tight and weak from taking a chance on their draws. A good example is when you have a suited hand 6,7 and the flop A -3 -K contains two compelling suits. That puts me to wait for the fifth same suited card to form a flush but my opponent bet an impressive amount that wasn’t worth gambling if the fifth same suited card didn’t come to form my flush.