Pot control - Part 1

Successful No-Limit Hold'em players know that it is of critical importance, most of the hands the size of the pot to control in the.

If you have control, you reduce the number of your error, increase the number of opponent's errors and manipulate the odds slightly in your favor.

There are four basic ways to gain control over the hand:

The five most dangerous starting hands for beginners

Poker is brutal -. "This phrase countless times I have heard and told to lose. How much truth is there is see, you very well when inexperienced players while watching, as with the five most dangerous hands they start.

Some hands are harder to play than others. The following examples illustrate the problems for beginners and professionals. The big difference between the two is that professionals are able to fold these hands much more quickly without investing too much money in the pot.

Hold'em preflop for beginners

In a full ring No Limit Hold'em game is the right hand selection of the first crucial step to profitable play. Decisions on the flop, turn or river you may need to meet only once or twice per round, but pre-flop decisions you make in each hand. These can cost a lot of money - or save. 

Money you save is in the long run as good as money won. Save yourself so unwise bets and do not play these more marginal hands. It is quite difficult to create guidelines for pre-flop hands. There are so many different factors that one must note that many players probably argue that it is simply impossible even. I will be careful, therefore, to tell you, you should play this hand, and those not. Rather, I will give you the information to hand, you need to make the right decisions at the table.

No-Limit Strategy: Position Play

Anyone who hands than a few No Limit Hold' em played more familiar, certainly the mantra "the position is critical."

However, few understand what it is so important, or rather, what situations and how the position of their greatest influence on a No Limit game has.

There are several situations in which the relative position of a player exerts a special influence - both at the hand history and on the output. This is especially true if you:

No-Limit Texas Hold'em: Basic starting hands

Introduction

If you start No-Limit Texas Hold'em play, it is best to avoid marginal hands, as this is only connected with a lot of rates, which makes you vulnerable. Have you never played NL, we recommend that you limit yourself to only pairs AA-22 to play AK and AD. With these pages you will not find in many dangerous situations again and you can still win big pots. Playing only these hands requires a lot of discipline, because you will not get involved in many pots. Play with this strategy, you have a lot of time to study the game and watch the players while you play.

This table shows minimum required hands per position in a halb-engen/halb-aggressiven game.

Required minimum starting hand in no fewer Pott