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This is the basic strategy to win at Texas Holdem limit longhand. There really aren't that many tricky situations you will encounter. Just remember, the larger the number of people, the higher the likelihood that someone has the boss hand that is out there on the board, so be careful of that.
This is where most beginners make mistakes. Beginners fail to recognize that longhand Limit Hold'em is a game of patience. You need to wait to be dealt with quality hands, and then just win with those.
The only reason I do this is because beginners tend to play suited cards too much. Being suited is nice, but it's just a bonus, it doesn't change the actual value of the cards that much. These hands categories (based on the ones poker expert David Sklansky made), might help you avoid mistakes.
You should almost always play these hands. The only exception if if you hold AK or say JJ and you are positive that someone has KK or AA by the way they are raising (in other words, the person is a very tight player but is acting like a maniac preflop).
These hands in general should be raised from any position and you want to get a lot of money in preflop. However, remember, for AK you need to hit an ace or a king. So do not get in a raising war with one person because that person likely has a pocket pair already.
You should generally play these hands. These hands do best with less people, so you should raise to knock people out. Do not jam the pot though (i.e. reraise) because these hands have little value before you see the board.
Do not call 3 bets cold with these hands. The reason you do not call 3 bets cold is because you clearly do not have an advantage going into the flop.
Treat these hands with caution. They are easily beat by category I or II hands, so these hands are best played with fewer people in the pot who do not hold category I or II hands.
These last two categories are very different. You want a large, multiway pot. The reason being is that 95% of the time, these hands are trash. However, 5% of the time, these hands are amazing (i.e. if you hit a straight, flush, or trips).
Therefore, you want to be paid of big when you actually hit something with these hands, which is why you want a lot of people in the pot. Example: you hold 67, the board is A58, you call a bet on flop, 9 comes on turn and then you jam the pot.
Thus, you want to commit as few chips preflop with these hands as possible while hoping that many people go into the flop. THus, if you are the dealer, and one guy is in with a raise, fold. However, if you are the big blind, and 5 people have called a raise, go ahead and call and see the flop.
Once you hit the flop, you will be in one of five situations:
This is where most beginners make mistakes. Beginners fail to recognize that longhand Limit Hold'em is a game of patience. You need to wait to be dealt with quality hands, and then just win with those.
The only reason I do this is because beginners tend to play suited cards too much. Being suited is nice, but it's just a bonus, it doesn't change the actual value of the cards that much. These hands categories (based on the ones poker expert David Sklansky made), might help you avoid mistakes.