What strategy is in FL?

[eqgh5uea]

Fixed limit is all about understanding math and starting hands. The best weapon you have in fixed limit is time. The longer you can see what range people are playing and when they bet, the easier it is in later rounds to punish them according to playstyle. The real key to limit holdem is really examining what hands your playing and by far what POSITION your playing out of. A position with last-to-bet status is so important cause then you can charge people for their draws and even get them to fold a lot of checked pots...

Good luck with the FL HOLDEM!
Patrick

Thanks a lot. A lot of very good ideas.

[eqgh5uea]

Bluff. Bluff alot. Think about it, THEY (the donks) will think, well there;s no way somebody will be stupid enough to bluff in a limit game, because the bets are simply too small not be called. Using that thought process they will fold. The trick is to only bluff with hands with no showdown potential, so raise, raise, raise and raise! I've seen people fold middle pair and I had 7 high, to my river bet.

The problem with bluffing in no limit is that THEY (the donks) think, well he's just trying to scare me by going all in, he thinks I will fold because im too scared to loose my stack. thats why they call. I've had donks call my all in bluffs on the flush scare card with Ace high.

I'll try it when I have more cash, lol

[eqgh5uea]

I missed the luck there. At no point where you ever behind. Maybe you mean lucky to have AA when some other sorry schmucks are keyed in on KK and AQ (wtf was that guy up to? o yea: micro stakes).

That river sure felt good tho, eh?

Sure did, however I went straight to the NL tables afterwards, lol the win was from the PO tourney

[eqgh5uea]

NL is a very psychological game, FL is a very math based game. It's all about understanding odds and how to value bet in a somewhat different sense than NL.

Thanks!

[WhackaDonk]

Fixed limit only gives you and the other players 'protection' from the donkeys that just love to go all-in every other hand. With fixed-limit at your side, you pretty much can not lose all your chips/money in one hand..unless you're already low in chips/funds; on the negative side to fixed-limit, if you have a really good hand (AA, AK, KK, etc), you can only bet the fixed-limit.

[zbourque]

I feel like FL makes luck a bigger factor rather than having the crucial decisions in NL

[nkrijeka]

If you are playing multiple tables at the same time, I would go NL. with FL, you really need to be getting a good read on your opponents to get some money and it's not as easy to take advantage of the fish. NL is much more straightforward (and the fish are readily identifiable)

[squid300]

I used to play 5/10 and 10/20 FLHE regularly and made great money. You'd be surprised at how stupid some people could be!