Poker Strategy: Other Poker Games

Limit hold'em strategy

Ship the river

Smart river play separates the winners from the losers

Betting for value on the river is the key to being a winning limit hold’em player

In limit hold'em you will rarely call a big bet on the turn and then fold on the river unless of course, you’ve missed your draw. There are times to fold on the turn and it’s usually when you think you’re drawing dead. The last thing a poker player ever wants to do is put money in the pot drawing dead.

There are other occasions when you should fold a draw on the turn. This is where you’ll have to keep track of the pot and find out if it is laying you the right odds to make the call. There are still implied odds to take into account, but these are less of a factor with only one more street to come.

There are some pretty general rules of when to fold on the turn that you can follow: 1

If you’ve got a draw, but it’s not to the nuts, and you’re faced with two big bets cold then you can consider a fold here.

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