Limit Texas Holdem

Strategy

Limit Texas Holdem: Starting Hands and Strategy
 

Limit Texas Holdem Starting Hands

It is important select the right starting hands in which you'll play in limit Texas Holdem.

The more players in a pot, the higher the pot odds become. Players can call before the flop with a hand
like QJs or 77 if there is a lot of players in the pot already. If there are few players in a pot, than mediocre
hands are not good hands to enter the pot with, because the risk/reward ratio isn't there.

Poker Review USA team of editors has come up with a poker strategy guide on Texas Hold'em, Omaha,

Omaha Hi/Lo, 7-Card Stud, 7-Card Stud Hi/Low and Razz; the most popular forms of poker today. We will

also teach you the basics of Pot-Limit and No-Limit poker.

s=suited x=any card Starting Hands AA KK QQ AK JJ TT 99 88 AQ AJs 77 KQs KQ Axs KJs KTs QJs QTs

Limit Texas Holdem:  Strategy

Limit Texas Holdem can be profitable even for less skilled players in the short term. Limit
Holdem players commonly have a lack of discipline and not enough aggression. In
general, an overall tight and aggressive style of play will be most profitable.

Play only premium starting hands at limit games, you should see no more than 25-30%
of the flops. Look for loose games where at least 30% see the flop on average.  It would
be worth while to wait for a open spot at a looser table, then to sit at a tight table.
 

When drawing only call a bet if the pot justifies the call. Keep track of the playing styles
of your opponents at your table.  
 

Bet or raise when justified don't just call and let players catch up with free cards. If you
believe you have the best hand you should almost always raise.  
 

Vary your play: occasionally limp on great hands and raise on some mediocre hands.
Do this in order to avoid predictability in your playing style.
 

Don't draw when you know you are beat and the pot odds are too small for a call. Avoid
over use of the bluff and when bluffing you must be quite certain that the other players
have weak hands.