No Limit Hold’em is extremely easy to learn. Texas Hold’em is the first type of poker that nearly every poker player starts out on. The rules are very simple, place your bet, watch the flop, bet, watch the river, bet, and see if you win big!

No Limit Hold’em is also very easy to play. Many people do not want to play a game that requires them to think intensely. With No Limit Hold’em all you have to think about is how much you want to put down, whether the cards help you, and how much you will be paid. It does not require you to chose all sorts of different bets, pick new cards, or anything of that sort.

No Limit Hold’em is appealing for another reason. The money that you can make with No Limit Hold’me is very interesting to many people. With no limit on how much you can bet, fortunes have been made and lost at no limit hold’em tables. However, make sure you remember to cash in your chips once you have finished playing your No Limit Hold’em!

Whether you play No Limit Hold’em for the ease, popularity or opportunity to make money, No Limit Hold’em is a great way to pass some time. If you have not yet found No Limit Hold’em, check your local casino or poker room and get in on some No Limit Hold’em action today! If you SHOULD consider playing online (which I do recommend), make sure to sign up for Full Tilt Rakeback, or you’ll be throwing free money out the door!

I’ve decided to take $20,000 out of my bankroll and invest it in non-poker related things…

I know a real poker player is supposed to keep at it in the $5/$10 game but as I play poker non-professionally I’m happy with the profit and decide to move back down to the $2/$2 game, as I feel extremely comfortable there…

Fingers crossed – as always I’ll keep you posted!

I bought in for about €750 and cashed out €600. Every hand I was against that woman I missed (or got outdrawn after two really bad calls and a river against my KK) — but at the end all that cash went to the other players who didn’t get outdrawn when she made street after street calls with like jack high or bottom pair.

She donked off €5500 in two hours, EVERYONE was winner except for me.

Bah!

I was in the chip lead of a LIVE tournament (€50 freeze-out, no limit Hold’em) with 16 players left. Two tables. I was dealt aces on the button and raised it up 3BB. My opponent, somewhat middle-stacked went all in behind me and I called him down. He had KQ suited and made his flush on the turn. I had the ace for his flush, but the river didn’t do me justice.

That was bad. But the hand after, I got aces again.

I raised it up again in late position (I was no longer chip leader, but was still above average) and one of the players that covered me re-raised me the to about 12BB. I insta-shoved hoping he’d just lay it down giving me a decent pot. He called though. He had pocket sevens and told me “I thought you were steaming”. I was steaming, but that’s something else, right. Anyway; dude spikes a seven right on the flop…

I was so sick I almost threw up, especially when the sevens guy started declaring how awesome that was and how bad I played my aces knowing he would call me thinking I was steaming. No sh*t sherlock, as if I minded a call by someone 4-to-1 behind.

Donkball ended up winning the thing. Pretty bad freaking beat.

After seeing Burgen’s image, wouterkomma sent us an e-mail with his version of flopping quads on unibet.

As always, click for full size!

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I’ll take two kings on the flop in that spot any time. ANY TIME.

It’s good to flop Quad Kings.

Anyway, I hope I can soon review the PKR website myself — right now, I believe a bad beat screenshot to show the POWER OF THE SOFTWARE is a good idea.

Click the thumbnail for a full view, it’s YUMMY!

Anyway, a hand from yesterday – I still feel kind of sick.

I’m on the button, KQ of hearts. I have a raise and a call in front of me, so I just call. SB calls. 4 players to the flop.

Flop is J84, two heart. Awesome, flush draw and two overs. SB bets, player in second calls, I raise – both players call. Hmm.

Turn is a ten of hears. That’s what I’m talking about! A perect card for anyone with a straight draw – and I just made the second nuts. SB checks, second player checks. I bet ¾ pot (not need to slowplay these kind of hands with 3 players still in, who called a re-raise). Anyway, SB calls, second position calls.

River: 7 spades. PERFECT. One of these two donkeys must be on a straight. I hope both are. All of a sudden, SB bets about ½ pot (what the f?) and second position moves all-in. I’m baffled. I have the most chips, and decide to move in over the top. SB calls.
SB shows the 9-high flush. Villain shows Ace high flush. I show my King-high flush. Wow.
I end up making a profit due to the deep stack game, but I feel sick. Flush over flush over flush. SB quits the game, half our later – the game is dead. What a cooler.

In Multi-Table Tournaments there are a larger group of players but you are playing only against those on your table. So it is essentially like playing a very long SnG. As the game progresses and players get knocked out, tables merge and players move until only the Final Table remains. These MTTs typically pay somewhere around the top 10% of the field with the winner taking the biggest payout (usally about 20% or so). The number of players can range from a handful of players spread over two tables to a few hundred or even a few thousand. You can pay very little to enter these (or nothing in a freeroll) and potentially turn a huge profit if you beat the odds and make the final table. The law of averages says you are unlikely to make the final table often and just making it into the money means you probably won’t even turn a profit.

There are tournament pros out there, both live and online, and many have found fame and fortune through their tournament successes. Players who have done well exceptionally well in live tournaments like Chris Moneymaker, Chris Ferguson or more recently Annette Obrestad (Annette_15) have become minor celebrities and big heroes on the poker circuit.

Top pairs like AA, KK, and QQ quite rightly deserve raises and re-raises. They are the statistical favorites in most hands. Playing against fewer players will only increase the value of these pairs. AA is 85% favourite to win a heads up to showdown but this percentage decreases substantially in multi-way pots.

With other pocket pairs you are looking to flop set to make a very strong, well disguised hand. Flopping a set when holding a pocket pair it only happens about 12% of the time. Not quite so rare that it isn’t worth making a small call to see the flop. When the serendipitous moment happens however, you need make it count. Don’t slow-play a flopped set. Chances are the other person will think they have the stronger hand and will call to the river. Which means a big pot an a big win for you.