One of the big advantages of No Limit I'm already seeing is back-loaded betting. In limit poker, in order to be able to win a decent-sized pot, you must make sure the pot is being fed every betting round; that means that if no one else is opening the betting during a round, it becomes your responsibility. In No Limit, you don't have to do this; you can just wait and then bet big on the river - as big as you want. Of course, when you're convinced you have the best hand, it doesn't pay to bet too big, since you want to get called. But it's a great feeling to know you can bet any amount you want.
Last night, I won my biggest pot ($41,800) on a hand where I made a full house on the river, raised it up small on my first raise of the round, then raised it up big on my second raise. I'm liking No Limit a lot so far!
During current Hold'em session you were dealt 53 hands and saw flop:
- 7 out of 8 times while in big blind (87%)
- 5 out of 7 times while in small blind (71%)
- 22 out of 38 times in other positions (57%)
- a total of 34 out of 53 (64%)
Pots won at showdown - 6 of 8 (75%)
Pots won without showdown - 1
delta: $48,000
balance: $1,042,334
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Hey Neo,
ReplyDeleteIt is generally a bad idea to wait until the river to bet. Think about this example to see why.
Imagine the pot is at 10. If you bet flop, turn and river for half pot each time, then the total pot at the end would be 80.
If you check flop and bet half pot on the turn and river, the pot would only be 40. That's the power of betting every street, since the pot grows exponentially, so the last bet is always the biggest. Good luck
Thanks,
Al