Can You Win Without Looking? Playing Shorthanded Limit Hold ‘Em Poker
Randy Refeld
Texas Hold’em is the most popular form of poker played throughout the world today. It is typically played with a maximum of 9 or 10 players. Most players are only comfortable playing at a full or nearly full table. When the game becomes shorter the quality of hands that win pots decreases dramatically and the tight players that normally win become frustrated. It is the author’s hope that over the next few months the reader can better understand what happens at a short handed game and avoid the frustration of losing.
Straddling in Limit Texas Hold’em: A Primer
Randy Refeld
Texas Hold’em is normally played with the two players to the left of the button putting up blinds. Typically the small blind is one half or two thirds the amount of the big blind with the big blind being the amount of a “small” bet (in a 20-40 game the blinds are 10 and 20). There is a seldom used optional third blind called a straddle. The player to the left of the big blind may put up an amount that is double the big blind which allows him to act last before the flop (in a 20-40 game the straddle is 40).
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