texas holdem

In this article I will concentrate on small stake limit holdemcash in both live and online games.

The Home Texas Holdem Poker Game

Johnny Moss once said he'd bet his own grandmother in a hand!And this is where a major problem exists as money brings out theworst in some people.

I think home games have their place when played for friendlystakes or for small buy in tournaments. However, as soon as thestakes go up sometimes friendships go out the door. I've heardfrom several of my friends involved with boy's poker nights(small fee tournaments) that have moved to cash limit, andfinally moved on to No Limit cash. The major reason for thesemoves being the involvement of Jack Daniels! Usually it worksout fine but on a few occasions friendships were tested. If youare going to play at home make sure you play for fun or smallmoney.

On Texas Holdem Poker - Online

What a great concept - any day, anytime you can find a gamewaiting for you for any stakes you please.

Want to play a sit and go tournament for $5, sure no problem.

Want to play $300/$600 with the best in the world then - yesit's out there.

In order to win the most, you need to select the correct game tosit down in. As I said, this article is for the small stakeTexas Holdem Limit player, so any statistics I produce have thatin mind. I say small stakes which I take to mean $0.5/$1 tablesup to $5/$10.

Log on to your online poker site and arrive in the lobby. Orderthe tables by stake and scroll down. You see five tables thatare ten handed and so you decide to go on the waiting list.

Do you wait for the next available seat?

Why do I put emphasis on average pot size? Well, the bigger thepot the more you stand to gain when you win a pot. The tablesthat have five big bets or less are probably full of "Rocks"(tight players) and you will not be able to extract the maximumvalue for your hand, or they will fold to any aggressive playyou show them. Therefore your earnings per hour will decrease atthese tables. Go for other tables with the highest big bet perpot average.

More Methods For Picking A Table With Texas Holdem Poker

Another way that you can see which table to choose is to look atthe statistic "average seen flop".

This is the percentage of players that have seen the flop perhand. Some online poker sites display this in the lobby. If youare playing small stakes Limit Texas Holdem, any table averagewith 35% or higher should have your mouth watering.

Some poker sites allow you to maintain a buddy list. I highlyencourage you to do this. Say you were playing $2/$4 TexasHoldem and a player on your table is constantly calling downcold calling pre-flop and showing down things like 6 of clubs 4of spades from early position they need to be added to yourbuddy list.

When you next log on you can check your list and see if they areplaying. Even if they are playing higher, it may well be worthmoving up to take their money. This is especially the case ifyou can sit to their left and make isolation raises to get themheads up with you. (I digress into poker statistics which wewill get onto in due time).

This is only the beginning and I've just brushed the surfaceinto how to maximise your earnings starting with game selection.At first, it may be about the right tables. Try these tips andlook for more of my suggestions about Texas Holdem Poker.