Texas Hold'em Strategy
| Title | Level | Category | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Beginner | Basic | 10/10 |
| Starting Hand Selection | Beginner | Basic | 10/10 |
| Bankroll Management | Beginner | Basic | 10/10 |
| Bet Sizing | Beginner | Basic | 9/10 |
| Table Selection | Beginner | Basic | 8/10 |
| Bluffing | Beginner | Basic | 8/10 |
| Reasons For Betting | Beginner | Basic | 8/10 |
| Initiative | Intermediate | Concepts | 9/10 |
| Stack Sizes | Intermediate | Concepts | 7/10 |
| Gap Concept | Intermediate | Concepts | 6/10 |
| Pot Committed | Intermediate | Concepts | 5/10 |
| Effective Stacks | Intermediate | Concepts | 4/10 |
| Way Ahead Way Behind | Intermediate | Concepts | 4/10 |
| Relative Position | Advanced | Concepts | 8/10 |
| Stack To Pot Ratio (SPR) | Advanced | Concepts | 8/10 |
| Range Balancing | Advanced | Concepts | 8/10 |
| Value Betting | Advanced | Concepts | 7/10 |
| Progressive Bet Sizing | Advanced | Concepts | 6/10 |
| The REM Process | Expert | Concepts | 9/10 |
| The REM Process - Range | Expert | Concepts | 8/10 |
| The REM Process - Equity | Expert | Concepts | 8/10 |
| Thin Value | Expert | Concepts | 7/10 |
| The REM Process - Maximize | Expert | Concepts | 6/10 |
| Range Merging | Expert | Concepts | 4/10 |
| Elastic and Inelastic Ranges | Expert | Concepts | 4/10 |
| 10 Tips For Beginners | Beginner | General | 8/10 |
| Micro Limit Strategy | Beginner | General | 7/10 |
| Playing Styles | Beginner | General | 7/10 |
| Changing Gears | Beginner | General | 5/10 |
| Freeroll Tips | Beginner | General | 4/10 |
| Online Poker Tells | Beginner | General | 2/10 |
| Live Player Mistakes | Beginner | General | 2/10 |
| Importance Of Aggression | Intermediate | General | 8/10 |
| Betting vs. Check Raising | Intermediate | General | 6/10 |
| Tight Table Strategy | Intermediate | General | 6/10 |
| Multi Tabling | Intermediate | General | 6/10 |
| Short Stack Strategy | Intermediate | General | 6/10 |
| Loose Table Strategy | Intermediate | General | 6/10 |
| Small Blind Strategy | Intermediate | General | 5/10 |
| Stealing Blinds | Intermediate | General | 4/10 |
| Table Analysis | Intermediate | General | 4/10 |
| Small Ball Poker | Advanced | General | 6/10 |
| Betting Into The Preflop Raiser | Advanced | General | 5/10 |
| Putting Players On A Hand | Expert | General | 8/10 |
| Playing Pocket Kings | Beginner | Hands | 5/10 |
| Playing Pocket Aces | Beginner | Hands | 5/10 |
| Small Pocket Pairs | Intermediate | Hands | 7/10 |
| Playing Ace King | Intermediate | Hands | 6/10 |
| Rag Aces | Intermediate | Hands | 5/10 |
| Playing Pocket Queens | Intermediate | Hands | 5/10 |
| Drawing Hands | Advanced | Hands | 7/10 |
| Drawing Hands w/ Aggression | Advanced | Hands | 6/10 |
| Pot Odds | Beginner | Mathematics | 9/10 |
| Implied Odds | Beginner | Mathematics | 7/10 |
| Sklansky Dollars | Beginner | Mathematics | 6/10 |
| Mistakes Using Odds | Beginner | Mathematics | 5/10 |
| Expected Value | Intermediate | Mathematics | 8/10 |
| Calculating Expected Value | Intermediate | Mathematics | 7/10 |
| Fold Equity | Intermediate | Mathematics | 7/10 |
| Poker Equity | Intermediate | Mathematics | 7/10 |
| Reverse Implied Odds | Intermediate | Mathematics | 3/10 |
| G-Bucks | Advanced | Mathematics | 8/10 |
| Equity and Drawing Hands | Advanced | Mathematics | 6/10 |
| Hand Combinations | Advanced | Mathematics | 5/10 |
| Player Notes | Beginner | Other | 6/10 |
| Poker Winrate | Beginner | Other | 4/10 |
| Counterfeiting | Beginner | Other | 3/10 |
| Variance | Beginner | Other | 3/10 |
| The Semi Bluff | Beginner | Plays | 8/10 |
| The Continuation Bet | Beginner | Plays | 8/10 |
| The Check Raise | Beginner | Plays | 7/10 |
| The Free Card | Beginner | Plays | 7/10 |
| The Blocking Bet | Beginner | Plays | 5/10 |
| The Stop and Go | Beginner | Plays | 5/10 |
| The Double Barrel | Advanced | Plays | 6/10 |
| The Float Play | Advanced | Plays | 6/10 |
| The Squeeze | Advanced | Plays | 5/10 |
| The 3Bet | Expert | Plays | 7/10 |
| Table Image | Beginner | Psychology | 7/10 |
| Tilting | Beginner | Psychology | 5/10 |
| Downswings | Beginner | Psychology | 4/10 |
| Bad Beats | Beginner | Psychology | 3/10 |
| Chat Box Strategy | Beginner | Psychology | 1/10 |
| Multiple Level Thinking | Intermediate | Psychology | 8/10 |
| Poker Metagame | Advanced | Psychology | 8/10 |
| Fundamental Theorem | Intermediate | Theorems | 9/10 |
| Baluga Theorem | Intermediate | Theorems | 7/10 |
| Zeebo's Theorem | Intermediate | Theorems | 7/10 |
| Clarkmeister Theorem | Intermediate | Theorems | 6/10 |
| Yeti Theorem | Intermediate | Theorems | 4/10 |
| aejones Theorem | Intermediate | Theorems | 2/10 |
| Basic SNG Strategy | Beginner | Tournament | 7/10 |
| Basic MTT Strategy | Beginner | Tournament | 7/10 |
| Poker ROI | Beginner | Tournament | 4/10 |
| Turbo Tournament Strategy | Intermediate | Tournament | 6/10 |
| Using The Independent Chip Model | Expert | Tournament | 8/10 |
| What Is The Independent Chip Model? | Expert | Tournament | 8/10 |
Higher Level Poker.
The following are more advanced strategy articles written by Jack Wilcox, who was a winning cash game player up to $400NL. They were originally posted on his Higher Level Poker training site for small/micro stakes players.
These strategy articles make use of player stats like VPIP/PFR.
| Title | Author | Category | Level | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calling From Blinds vs. A Steal | Jack Wilcox | General | Intermediate | 26 Feb, 2011 |
| Semi-Bluffing By Raising All In | Jack Wilcox | Plays | Advanced | 26 Feb, 2011 |
| 3Betting Preflop In The Micro Stakes | Jack Wilcox | Plays | Intermediate | 27 Feb, 2011 |
| The Real Objective Of Poker | Jack Wilcox | Psychology | Beginner | 27 Feb, 2011 |
| Continuation Betting | Jack Wilcox | Plays | Beginner | 26 Mar, 2011 |
| 4Betting Mathematics | Jack Wilcox | Mathematics | Advanced | 28 Mar, 2011 |
| Check-Raising As A Bluff | Jack Wilcox | Plays | Intermediate | 1 Apr, 2011 |
| Attacking 3Bettors | Jack Wilcox | General | Advanced | 3 Apr, 2011 |
| Preflop Opening Ranges | Kyle Garner | General | Beginner | 14 Apr, 2011 |
| Floating The Flop | Jack Wilcox | Plays | Beginner | 14 Apr, 2011 |
| Breaking Down Your Winrate | Jack Wilcox | General | Intermediate | 9 May, 2011 |
| Winning Money From Bad Players | Jack Wilcox | General | Intermediate | 22 Oct, 2011 |
| Playing Blind vs. Blind | Jack Wilcox | General | Advanced | 25 Oct, 2011 |
| The Importance Of Position | Jack Wilcox | General | Beginner | 6 Nov, 2011 |
| Relative Hand Strength | Jack Wilcox | Concepts | Beginner | 6 Nov, 2011 |
| 5 Tips To Improve Your Game | Jack Wilcox | General | Beginner | 29 Nov, 2011 |
| Objectivity In Poker | Kyle Garner | Psychology | Intermediate | 5 Dec, 2011 |
| Optimal Bet Sizing | Johnathan Chan | Concepts | Beginner | 20 Jan, 2012 |
Using Texas Hold'em strategy articles.
When it comes to Texas Hold'em strategy, it's not about how much you read, it's about how much you learn.
Every time you read a Texas Hold'em strategy article, you should be actively trying to absorb the information as you go along. It's all well and good reading a whole bunch of articles, but if nothing is sinking in or making a real difference to the way you play, then it's going to be pretty useless.
If you actually take the strategy from this site on board and use it during play, I don't see any reason why you can't win money from Texas Hold'em. Winning money from Texas Hold'em is pretty straightforward when you know how.
Is this Texas Holdem strategy any good?
Or, to put it another way, why should you take strategy advice from me?
I have been playing winning poker for a number of years. I'm not the God of Texas Hold'em strategy (I'm working on it), but the advice in these Texas Hold'em strategy articles has allowed me to consistently win money right up to the mid to high stakes tables. I like to think that's a good enough reason to trust my articles!
If you want more information and find out who I am, have a look at the about me page.
Even though I am very confident that the strategy on this site is of great quality, I always recommend exercising a little common sense when it comes to Texas Hold'em strategy and tips. Anyone can write poker strategy and post it on the Internet, but that doesn't make it good strategy. Think about what you're reading, and if it makes sense to you then perfect. It's a great idea to take advice from other successful players, but it's even better to use your head at the same time.
