The Different Levels Of Thinking About No Limit Hold Em

In poker, players can think on a few different levels. Generally the more advanced a player is the higher a level he is thinking on. You should be thinking on at least three levels whenever you play. The levels are: 1. What do you have? This is the simplest level; you merely look at your hand and the board and figure out how strong your hand is. 2. What does your opponent have? This is a bit more complicated as you have to try to pin them down to as narrow a range of holdings as you can. 3. What does your opponent think that you have?

Creating A Table Image While Playing No Limit Hold Em

Your Table image is basically the way opponents at the table perceive you. Do they perceive you as being loose or tight, passive or aggressive? It is important to know. How they perceive you affects how they play hands against you, and if you know both what your table image is and how they change their play according to it you can more easily read them. Remember that table image can sometimes be inaccurate. If a player sits at your table and raises the first five hands and pounds them all the way you may think he is a maniac, especially if he didn't show them.

Playing as the Big Blind In Texas Hold'em

Play in the big blinds requires a few extra considerations. First of all you already have money in the pot, which makes calling or raising cheaper. Obviously if you are in the big blind and the pot has not yet been raised you can check and take a free flop, but a lot of hands are going to be raised forcing you to make a decision. And in the small blind even if there has been no raise you have a decision to make. When evaluation what to do you should consider a few things. First of all you have to consider that you are going to be out of position for the rest of the hand.