How to win at no limit texas holdem tournaments

This article will teach you how to fair well in tournament no limit holdem.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• chips
• cards
• cash

1. When you play tournament no limit Texas Holdem the object is to hold all the chips when the tournament is over. I will explain a step by step system to help you suceed at this.

2. When you start out everyone has the same amount of chips. The trick is tobuild your stack up early and often. Lets say you have 6 people at each table. you have small blind big blind then position 1,2,3 and dealer.

3. Dealer is the power position because you are last to act after the flop. This is how I play. 1st position I only call if I have a pair of 10's or better or an A,10 suited. Same with position 2. Position 3 can be a little more loose, calling any pair and 10,J suited or better. The dealer gives you the most option to play. I will typically play 8,9 suited or better. If everyone folds around to me as the dealer I will raise twice the big blind with a K,9 or higher.

4. The key to Texas Holdem is being in position. Once the flop comes if you got a piece of the action ex a pair, flush draw or straight draw then you can make a bet atleast 1.5x the big blind. the only time I make a bluff bet is if I am in last position to bet and everyone else has checked.

5. Sometimes if I flop 2 pair or a set or a big pair and there is a possible straight or flush I will put a small wager out to see if someone comes over the top with a raise. They might raise you out of the hand but if they raise over the top it will tell you they have something and keep them from slow playing.

6. I find that most of the time playing with amatures that if I make a bet they are not patient enough to just call and slow play me with a big hand. They will panic or get excited and reraise enough to let you know they got something good.

7. Tournament holdem is alot different then cash holdem. Like I said you have to be patient and wait for a hand you cant keep calling anything because you will run outm of chips. So wait for position with a good hand to call and steady raise your chip count for the final table!!

Tips & Warnings

• play when you are in position
• only call decent hands do not get bored and just start calling
• be patient sometimes its better to slow play , you might get lucky and they grap a peice of the action while your sitting on the nuts!!
• if you lose a couple hands with bad beats do not go on tilt!! YOU WILL LOSE!

[lucylu242]

on 4/8/2008 you must be a good player..nice strategy