Introduction

The strategies contained in here are relevant to full (10 or 9 handed) tables of no limit holdem ring play with short stakes involved. Playing NLHE generally nets a large variance when compared to Sit and Gos, but NLHE carries the advantage of allowing you to leave whenever you want. Beyond the beginner's 19-hand system, it requires you to pay very close attention to the table you are playing at in order to define the table you play at as loose or tight and determine what cards you will play.

I would strongly recommend you start with the beginner's 19-hand system and in the meantime practice your reading skills. As people play hands, write down what you think each player has, who's ahead in the hand, and what they ended up really having. Try not to move up to the intermediate or higher strategies until you've near mastered the art and have a consistant winning game over a two week or more period of play.

I also recommend that you stay at the .25 BB or lower range when you play until you can become a very consistant winner playing the intermediate or better strategy. The beginner's strategy just won't cut it at higher limits.

Advantages to this Game

This is the basic no-limit holdem we all know and love from the casinos. This is where you make or break your bankroll when you play and where tilt can be the most dangerous. However, a ring poker pro's variance is generally significantly higher than a SnG poker pro's variance. For this reason, I generally limit myself to sit-and-go play unless I don't have the time to sit for a straight hour or more, in which case I play NLHE Ring games.

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