No limit Strategy. Playing before the flop. When to call a bet? You usually should not just call a bet. You give too much information to a good player in a better position when you just call. However, in some cases you could call. When you have a had that is not easily dominated, hands like a medium or small pair or suited connectors - these hands like a lot of opponents. For example Queen Jack suited or a pair of sixes.
When you are strong and believe that one of the players will raise. When you have good pot odds, for example, six players called and you have Nine-eight suited.
When to raise? As we said before, in No Limit Texas Hold'em you should carefully consider which hands you are going to play. Therefore, once you have decided to play, the hand is probably worth raising.
How much to raise? We usually recommend raising between two to six times the Big Blind. When you are in Early Position tend to go for two to three times the Big Blind and from Late Position, five to six times. Raise the same amount whether you have a reasonable hand or whether you have a great hand in order not to expose your game. When you are in Late Position and no one has called the Big Blind yet, almost any hand is worth raising. When you are in the Small Blind and no one has called the Big Blind you should usually fold against the good player because you are in a bad position.
Against the weak player, you can call or try to steal the blind by raising if you think he might fold. If one player raised, some of the other players called and you have a good hand, go for a big raise. If you think the first raiser might fold he might make it difficult for the rest of the players who had not re-raised him to call your big raise.
Stealing the Dealer's Button. As we said before, position is one the most important factors in No Limit Texas Hold'em. Therefore, sometimes try to steal the best position even if you are sitting to the right of the dealer's button. You do that by raising. If the appropriate players are sitting to your left you can do this even if you are sitting two places to the right of the dealer.
Going All In. This move is one of the most exciting moves in Poker. Go All In when: you think you have the best hand and one of your opponents will call. You do not have the best hand, but think the other players will fold. You are getting Good Pot Odds, no matter what the other player does.
Examples for Going All In. If you hold a pair of Aces, one player raise the Big Blind and three more players called his raise. If you have a pair of Sevens, one loose player has raised and one has yet called, or if you have Ace, Jack suited, the pot is big and you are short-stacked.
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