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Due to the character of “No Limit” Texas Hold Em, there are things to bear in mind in your no limit hold em strategy that will be different than your regular hold em poker strategy.

There is an essential difference between limit and no limit Texas hold em and this difference is based upon the place you have at the playing table and upon the value of the hands.

When you are playing no limit hold em you will notice that position is a good deal more significant than in the limit games. The explanation is quite straightforward actually since there is no limit so more money is involved and the plans you make depend on your position and they will have a larger effect on your bankroll.

If by some means you manage to get someone into a position trap you will at that point have a chance to get that person’s whole stack, not only one or two more bets like in Limit hold em.

In no limit poker the big connectors are not to be played as they have a much smaller value in general: they can allow you to win but only lesser amounts of money and they can also cause you to lose very much. If we are talking pairs, they increase in usefulness consistently in no limit Texas hold em. They give you the opportunity to trap someone (especially the big pairs) and they can get you the entire bankroll of that person or simply double the value of the pot over a betting round.

When playing no limit you must before all maintain an efficient inventory of all money spent by you and your opponents. Fluctuations in the stack influence the whole hand and you need to be aware of that.

So be aware of all amounts of money players have on the table and to the pot size at all times. The game in this case concerns leaving the others with no money on the table not merely about winning small pots and hands.

Let’s use an example to better reveal how and why the amount of money each player has on the table is so vital.

Let’s just imagine you now have $250 and another player has $25. You are playing a game with blinds of $1 to $2. Your position is the small blind and the cards you have are QJ suited. Your adversary is in the first position and he goes all-in. All of the other players contemplate the risk and elect to fold, as strategy dictates in this case. Now, you are presented with a predicament: to call and stake $24 for his $25 bet or to just fold as the situation requires.

Betting for that kind of money, nearly the exact amount, is an excessive risk that you should not take. If on the other hand your opponent would have had an amount of $250 just like you have, then the risk would be acceptable as you were going to risk the money for 10 times the value.

As you can see, your hold em poker strategy must be adapted to the situation when playing a no limit poker game.  The difference in the flow of money means you should develop a separate no limit hold em strategy based upon this and other factors.