Holdem Poker Trainer

A critical skill in poker is being able to adjust to your opponents. You want to do this to maximize your earnings from their mistakes and minimize your own mistakes that they can take advantage of. If you have information that will  help you predict how your opponents are going to react you should use this to your advantage. Adjusting opening ranges to table average In general, if a table is pl...

When someone has 3-Bet you should normally first consider raising or folding. Sometimes it can be more profitable to call the 3-Bet, see 3-Betting for more information about circumstances. With the light 3-Betting that is going on in modern online poker you need a strategy to counter that. The best way to do this is normally to introduce some light 4-betting. First of all, if someone is 3-Betting...

When someone has raised before you, you should normally raise or fold. Under some circumstances you can consider cold calling. You should normally raise if you believe your hand will be better than your opponents in average. This means that your hand should be within the range of the upper half of your opponents range. For example, if you believe opponent is raising with  top 10% of hands your h...

What hands should you be playing and how should you play them when someone has raised the pot? Most of the time you either decide to fold or to reraise (3-Bet). Normally you base this decision on whether you believe you have a stronger hand in average than your opponent. If you for example believe your opponent is raising with a 10% range you will have a better hand in average if your hand is wit...

When you are thinking about calling a raise with a hand that is not likely to be ahead of your opponents in average you need to think about your implied odds. This means that you should think about how much you will likely win in average when you hit a good hand. You can of course sometimes also win with these hands without hitting a monster. Most of the time either by having a pair when your opp...

For some years there has been a heated debate in the poker community – including the top names – about whether it is good to limp in an unopened pot or if it is better to put in a raise. A couple of years ago the poker community was probably split in half with strong advocates on both sides. But the last year I believe there is more and more consensus that raising is better than limpi...

One or several players have called the big blind (limped). If your hand is good enough so that you would have opened according to Preflop Strategy, you should normally raise. Raise to 3-3,5 times the big blind plus one big blind for each limper. For example, if there are two limpers and you normally raise to 3 times the big blind, you should raise to 5 times the big blind. A couple of years ago i...

The pot has not been opened (only the blinds have placed bets) and it is your turn to act. What should you do? Either fold or raise. Avoid calling the big blind (limping) for reasons described here: Stop limping in unopened pots! Starting Hand Chart For use in No Limit Texas Hold’em cash games. ...

This is a Preflop Strategy for Full Ring and 6-Max No Limit Texas Hold’em cash games. It is a modern strategy based mainly on the aggressive and fairly competent online low to midstakes game 2010. Watch out for many poker books and sites with a couple of years old guidance as following those guidelines makes you a losing player in 2010 – even books by the some of the greatest players...