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September 28th, 2009 | 
Author: It's time now to talk about the Cadillac of all poker games, no-limit Hold'em (NLH), and its brother, pot-limit Hold'em (PLH). In NLH you can bet any amount of the money in front of you on the table at any time! Imagine this concept: any amount at any time. If you sense weakness in your opponent, then go ahead and bet $100,000 on a pure bluff.
Of course, if you bluff $100,000 at someone who has only $50,000 left in front of him on the table, then he is allowed to call for his $50,000, making your bet effectively $50,000. If we didn't have that protection in place, whereby you can only bet as much as your opponents have in front of them (called "table stakes"), then Bill Gates would win every pot! Bluffing is a much bigger part of NLH and PLH than it is in limit Hold'em. The great bluffs, the great "reads," and the massive amount of strategy involved in NLH make it the most interesting and most strategic game that we have in poker.
PLH is similar to NLH after the flop play, because by that point the pot in a PLH game has usually grown large enough to make huge bets possible. Before the flop, there are a fair number of strategic differences between the two games, because big bets aren't possible immediately in PLH. But in most respects PLH and NLH are roughly the same game. In this chapter you will learn:
I The difference between no-limit Hold'em (NLH) and pot-limit Hold'em (PLH).
I How to introduce NLH into your game—"cash downs."
I Phil's "NLH fifteen."
I How to trap with A-A and K-K.
I Three theories on how to play pocket 2-2 to 8-8, and A-Q.
I Phil's game—"Guess your opponent's exact two hole
cards."
I Phil's NLH theory.
I The "bet it all" NLH strategy—yuck!
I The "suited connector" NLH theory that Huck Seed uses.
I The superadvanced "Calling with nothing" NLH theory.
I Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott's NLH theory.
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Note that most of the plays I have talked about involve having the advantage of position. Being able to act last is a huge advantage in all forms of Hold'em. Imagine, you can just sit back and wait for all your opponents to act in front of you. "Just sit back and all will be revealed to you" isn't exactly the case, but it is nice to know where the other players stand. If the others check, then they're generally weak. If you have a powerful hand, then you can raise it when they bet. If you have a weak hand, then you can check behind them when they check. Having position in Hold'em poker is always good.
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