Intermediate No Limit

A continuation bet is one of the most commonly employed tactical ploys in no-limit hold’em, and there’s a lot to recommend it too. Its popularity is evidenced by the many players who use continuation bets above most other tactics a no-limit hold’em games.

Slowplaying is the act of trapping players by checking or by making only token bets with very big hands so that you can build the pot. The goal is to lure opponents into the hand so they become committed to it. Once they’re committed, you can spring your trap on a later betting round.

Does it really make any sense to quit while you’re ahead?

Continuation Bets on the Flop -   OK, you raised before the flop; what do you do now that you’ve seen the flop?   With just one caller in a fixed-limit hold’em game you’ll probably come out betting regardless of whether the flop helped your hand or not.  

  Playing the Turn in No-Limit When you reach the turn in fixed-limit games, betting limits double, and you should only play the turn in those games if you have a good hand, a draw that figures to win a big pot if you catch the card you need on the river, or have reason to believe that a bet will cause your opponent to fold.   In no-limit hold’em, things can get dicey. If you’ve made it to the turn the pot may well have grown large enough so that any bet threatens to put your entire stack at risk. If you’ve reached the turn in a no-limit game you will probably have a hand you think is in the lead and so you’ve been the one who’s doing the betting, or you have a draw and have managed to get this far at a small enough cost to justify chasing the card needed to promote your hand from one with potential to the best hand.

  Playing the River in No-Limit - One element that’s identical between fixed-limit and no-limit is this: once the river card is dealt, there is no longer any potential value associated with a hand. Draws have either been made or they haven’t, and no second chances for improvement remain. Every hand is fully realized, even if that realization isn’t particularly to your liking.   Your hand is what it is, and all you can do now is make the most money you with the winning hand, and cut your losses if you are beaten. Making the most money with the winning hand doesn’t mean that you need the best hand. You can always make money with the best hand by bluffing.