No Limit Texas Holdem

No-Limit Texas Holdem is a game of general strategy, basic tactical skills useful in all forms of poker, and a game of intense psychology.  In other words, Jenny's ADT needs to go straight out the window!  It's a game where you must pay careful attention and you must know the type of players, similar to a boy meets girl scenario....know the cads, know whose got the dough, know what's behind them there wranglers hehehe!

As I prepare to hit the poker circuit, this diva has been secretly honing her No Limit Texas Holdem skills.  But before I get into basic strategy, first we need to distinguish between the types of players you will encounter when playing No Limit Texas Holdem, keeping in mind that this girl has very few limits so I might be at a slight advantage here.  Some - like the tight passives - prefer more of a, well, missionary approach....as I will attempt to explain below.

So just who are my opponents?   Hopefully a few gorgeous hunks, some sexy ****** and a porn star poker pro like David Williams.  More than likely, I'll be playing along side Wilbur and Jane The Librarian.

Generally, people speak of four types of players: tight-passive, tight-aggressive, loose-passive, loose-aggressive.  Sounds like a group sex therapy class I once partaked in at the W Hotel lol.

The first modifier (tight or loose) - and yeah, Jenny likes them either way - characterizes the number of hands the person plays while the second (passive or aggressive) describes the player's betting style.  WHAT'S MY ****** ****ing name, *****!  Ooops sorry!  Wrong game!

I think for No-Limit Hold'em, loose-aggressive should be divided into two parts: action-seekers and solid players. What kinda girl do you take me fo?

Let's go through each of these types of players as Jenny gets all hot and bothered.

Tight-passives: These people do fine in a Limit game, trust me they do.  But they won't make much in a No-Limit game.  Think girl on a pole at a strip club who stays tight against said pole but never goes down to offer lap dances!

The only time these people will win is when they pick off bluffs; otherwise they won't get the value out of their hands that they should. When matched against these players:

  1. Bluff at the flop a lot.
    Put in a raise preflop and bet at the flop no matter what calls.  Now that's a lot of flopping. 
  2. Fold when they represent a hand.
    If they bet a little, they're probably on a draw. So stick with your hand if you have something. If they bet a lot, they have something good.  Oh and be careful where you stick that hand.
  3. Take advantage of your control.
    As a founding member of the LOOGWA's (Ladies Of Online Gambling With Attitude) let me advise not to go wild with your bluffs.  Make them sweat.  Fold preflop when you have nothing. But raise when you have a good hand and go for the kill at the flop. If you miss the kill, give up, be submissive! But when you have something, milk him for everything it is worth.  Get every last drop, take a deep breath and swallow!

 

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Essentially, you can quickly tame these players into being calling stations or folding stations. And if he is making money against you while being a calling or folding station, you are doing something seriously wrong. These players are common, and you will certainly play against quite a few.

Loose-passives: They have to hope that people continually bluff into them because these people will call frequently with the second best hand. Calling with the second best hand is a recipe for disaster at No-Limit. You don't see too many of these loose-passive players at No-Limit games because they lose so quickly and run to Limit games.   Tell me about it!  Been there, done that!

Maniac loose-aggressive: Oh Boys, these are Jenny's personal favorites by far.  These guys will buy a fair share of pot - errrr pots I mean - but then will get themselves trapped by another aggressive player and will lose their stacks in one or two hands.  Where I come from, that's called **** blocking hehehe.

What separates these from good loose-aggressive is that they lack discipline. GET ME SOME WATER!!!!!  They love the action of No-Limit so much that they get themselves trapped too easily. YES!!! YES!!!  These players are even rarer than loose-passives in my experience.  DAMN IT!!!!!!!!

Strong loose-aggressive: These guys seem like they are horrible maniacs, but in reality, they are a very dangerous form of player. These guys will certainly lose a lot of money in pots, but they also will buy a lot of pots and will win huge ones. The way these types of players win is mainly by getting a good read on the opponent and then making a well-timed bet.

My main tactic against these players is to trap them in their own game. I generally try to avoid having the pot go up too much preflop unless I have a monster like Aces or Kings, and I generally try to not let them buy every pot. In other words, when I put in the raise preflop, I'll still often make a stab at the pot at the flop.  Then I take them for all their money.....and shop!

Tight-aggressive: This is my style and the style and the strategy that I'll teach. The tight-aggressive's main problems are that he may get chased out of a lot of flops early and that he may be too easily read. If I were to play against a clone of myself, I would hope to trickle him down bit by bit and hope to throw him off balance by doing so.

Boys, Ladies, that's enough for right now.  I can hardly take any mo!  Be sure to check out all my latest poker tips and strategies plus plenty of hot photos of me and the girls!  It's all right here Jenny Woo's Poker Tips and Strategies.  Come on inside....don't be shy. 

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Originally published July 6, 2006 11:21 am EDT