hand against a player who has shown strength. This
is a losing situation and should be avoided. The second reason is that every time
you play no-limit you should focus on not only winning hands, but also taking
an opponents entire stack. When the opportunity to break someone presents itself,
you must capitalize on it as often as possible. An example of this follows. An
early position player makes a standard raise of about three times the big blind
and everyone folds to you in late position and you look down to see a pair of
fours. We both realize that a pair of fours is weak, but if you both have deep
stacks (plenty of chips) I recommend calling to see the flop unless you are sure
one of the blinds will re-raise. The thought process here is that if you happen
to hit a four on the flop, you will have a powerful yet disguised hand and have
a chance to take your opponents entire stack, especially if they have AA or KK.
In addition, if the flop does not help you and the preflop raiser bets into you,
you can easily fold because you have nothing. Depending on the climate of the
game you are in, it may even be profitable to limp-in in late position with hands
as poor as 56s at times. Of course you won’t find that on my list below,
but I have been in games that this was a correct play. As you gain experience
you will start recognizing game situations that you can play profitably and capitalize
on them.
Early Position: AA KK QQ AKs AK AQs AQ
Middle Position:
JJ TT AJs AJ ATs AT KQs KQ KJs KJ QJs
Late Position: 99 88 77 66 55 44 33
22 A5s A4s A3s A2s KTs KT K9s QJ QTs QT JTs
T9s 98s
I rarely call raises
with anything but the pairs listed above unless
I have a read on the raiser. My idea is to not lose
money because of my kicker with AQ and worse to
hands like AK.
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