Holdem Poker Trainer

Continuation Betting means that the preflop raiser bets the flop. This move has been widely popularized after Harrington wrote about it in Harrington on Hold ‘em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 1: Strategic Play. Most players are making heavy use of it nowadays and are betting the flop as a routine if they where the preflop aggressor. Five years ago when continuation bets wer...

Floating the flop means calling on the flop with a poor hand with the plan to bet on the turn if opponents check. This works best under the following conditions: You are heads up against one opponent You have position Opponent continuation bets too often on the flop, but too rarely on the turn You have some equity in the hand if the bluff doesn’t work out (for example a gutshot draw or over...

Understanding of  Flop Texture and Hand Reading abilities are probably the most important skills in Texas Hold’em. Flop Texture refers to the nature of the cards on the board, how they fit together and how they fit to different ranges. In this article we are using the term Dry board to refer to boards that offer few drawing possibilities and Wet boards to refer to boards offering a lot of d...