Hold Em Authority - Texas Hold Em Strategy and advice for all levels of players

There are many different ways to play hold ‘em according to betting structure, the most popular of which is No Limit Hold ‘Em. The Poker Project has a good summary of the different styles, and I suggest that you focus in on the No Limit and Pot Limit sections. These are two of the most popular styles, while the other structures are out there, but not as common. No Limit has, well, for lack of a better term, no limit as to how much one bets at a given time. You may be able to guess what Pot Limit is. The amount of money in the middle is the maximum amount of money one can bet. I will touch more on pot limit hold em and how to calculate amounts in another article. I’ll link it as soon as I can finish it.

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Limit hold ‘em is also a very popular game, and is played in almost all casinos. In limit, the betting goes up incrementally. For example, let’s say I’m playing 4/8 limit. Typically, the blinds will be half the limit, so in this case, the blinds are 2 and 4. If I choose to raise, I can only raise to 8, doubling the initial bet, in this case, the blinds. If the next person chooses to raise, he/she can only raise to 12. The next can only raise to 16, and usually, 4 bets is the cap, so this would end the raising; only calls could happen from here on out. This structure continues on the flop, 4, 8, 12, 16. However, on the turn and river, the structure raises to 8, 16, 24, 32.

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