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There are a few factors involved in continuation betting in no-limit Texas Holdem. The main factors to consider are the flop texture, the strength of your hand, the number of opponents and to a lesser extent your stack size. Also the game history has a lot to do with it as well. In this article then we will look at a few examples of when and why it is better to continuation bet. It has been folded to you in the cut-off and you open raise with Jc-10c and the button and both blinds call you. Now with three opponents and with one having position over you then any continuation bet is probably going to have to be based on hand strength more than anything else. Read the rest of this entry »

There are many players who go down the live poker route because they want to experience the thrill of playing live. Playing live is still exciting but you need to remember that when you play live in a casino setting then you are being charged for the privilege of doing so. I have not played live poker in a casino setting for eight years now and I have no frets about that whatsoever for several reasons. Firstly let us look at the earn rate of a very good live player at a level like £2-£5 no-limit hold’em. Based on the benchmark earn rates for many players at this level then a good solid winning player could be making as much as 8bb/100 hands. Read the rest of this entry »