Boost Your Texas Hold'em Poker Profits With A Preflop Strategy

These texas holde'm poker tips will help use develop a
preflop strategy. This will keep you from playing too
many hands and getting sucked in to texas holdem pots
you just shouldn't be playing into. Should you be
playing that pair of 7's preflop? That all depends.

Let's check into some factors that will affect whether
you play those 7's in your texas hold em game.

Firt of all, you have to consider the number of players
in your game. The more players in the game, the tougher
the competition is going to be. There will be a better
chance of another player having a better preflo texas
holdem hand than you do. In addition, with more players
in your texas holdem game, there are more chances that
another player will hit a hand on the flop.

Are the players in your texas holdem poker game aggressive?
While aggressive hold em players can lose big, they can
also knock you out of the game pretty darn quick. You'll
want to play tighter with aggressive players in your game.
The last thing you want to do with aggressive players is
try to go over the top of them without a hand. You're
night of texas holdem poker will end quickly.

Your bankroll, the size of the blinds, and whether or not
you are playing limit or no limit texas holdem, will all
play a part as to how you play the preflop. This includes
the hands you'll bet into, and how much you'll bet. You'll
play the preflop differently with a bankroll of $2,000 at
a $1/$2 table than if you are shortstacked at a $10/$20
table. In the first example, you can play aggressively.

Another factor is your position at the poker table. Whether
you're in early position or late, especially preflop, will
greatly affect how much influence you can have on the pot,
as well as what hands you should play.

Your personality when it comes to playing texas holdem poker
will also influence how you play preflop? Do you play
agressively, betting often to see a lot of flops? Or do you
play tight and only play solid hands, which keeps you out of
a lot of hands? You have to find your playing style.

Finally, you'll want to have a general awareness of your
preflop odds in texas holdem poker. Here's a quick guide to
help you out.

A high pocket pair versus a smaller pocket pair (like QQ vs. 55)
will give you roughly an 80%/20% advantage preflop.

When you have a pocket pair and bet into two overcards (88 vs.
AK) is basically the toss of a coin, roughly a 55/45 advantage
to the pocket pair.

If you hold a pocket pair and bet into the same card with an
overcard (1010 vs. A10) you hold roughly a 65/35 edge.

Two over versus two undercards, such as KQ vs. J10, will give
you about a 60/35 advantage.

As you can see, texas holdem poker is most definitely a game
of skill and strategy. There is a lot that goes into whether
or not you even get into a hand preflop!