Holdem System
December 21st, 2012 at 7:21
I am not going to go over the rules of how to bet on Texas hold em. Odds are you know the basics and are now ready to enhance your game.
So, I will get straight into the Method of Holdem.
Basically the game begins with everyone being dealt 2 cards (hole cards). Out of the 169 possible starting palms there are only specific palms you need to play with which I will list below.
Strong Palms
AA, KK, QQ, Jack-Jack and Ace-King (suited).
These are the strongest attainable hole cards in hold em. These generate you favorite straight away and really should be wagered extremely aggressively and at all times raised with no matter what position you’re in. If others desire to remain in you should make it costly for them, this will also drive out any weaker hands that may possibly have otherwise stayed in and got a lucky flop to generate a far better hand. With AA and KK you ought to constantly re-raise if there’s a boost before you.
Very good Arms
TT, Ace-Queen (appropriate), Ace-Jack (suited), King-Queen (appropriate) and AK
These are very good fingers, an ace plus a superior card gives you the possibility of a great pair with an incredible kicker. Also suited great cards give you the possibility of high pairs and flushes with an incredible kicker. These palms should 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 raise it’s generally very best to just call. Similarly if you are in an early position it is often greatest to simply call or perhaps just produce a little raise with these hands for fear of becoming re-raised by someone with a robust hand.
MEDIUM Fingers
Ace-Ten (suited), King-Jack (suited), QJ (suited), Jack-Ten (suited), Ace-Queen and 99. Ace-Two (appropriate), Ace-Three (appropriate), A4 (suited) and Ace-Four (appropriate
These are medium strength arms with excellent possibilities but you’ve got to consider how other gamblers are betting. If one or 2 players bet aggressively then odds are they have a much better hand than you and you should fold.
When you do remain in for the flop then you may have to choose whether to remain in for the turn card. You have to use prevalent sense here. If you’ve got produced a hand then you may well want to keep in but contemplate what the other gamblers may possibly have. Could they produce a much better flush or straight than you? Is there an ace in the flop giving someone a potential pair of aces that beats your high pair?
Any pair, 8 or less, is worth wagering if it does not cost you much additional than the huge blind to see the flop or about 5 per cent of your stack.
The reason becoming that the flop will produce your pocket pair into three of a kind about 12 per-cent of the time. So a low pair is suddenly a fairly powerful hand if the flop turns your pair into a set. As always you may have to take into account if someone can beat it depending on what’s showing.
You have to decide what to do based on how they wager, again if they wager aggressively they may well well have a better hand than you. They could be bluffing except as a rule its ideal to be cautious and wait for the killer hand to beat them with.