No-Limit Strategy: Position and Drawing Hands
By Peter Wessel
In No-Limit Hold’em, playing drawing hands well is critical to your overall profitability.
Most of the time, playing aggressively is best. But knowing exactly when to jam the pot and when to call is tricky and usually depends on whether the pot is heads-up or multi-way.
Playing drawing hands aggressively does three important things:
- Forces your opponent(s) to lay down marginal hands
- Creates doubt about the true strength of your hand (and helps disguise strong hands)
- Gets you bigger pots when your draw hits
In this article, we’ll discuss how position affects drawing hands in a heads-up pot.
General Rule:
When you’re heads-up, drawing hands should be played aggressively - independently of your position. Because you only have one opponent to beat, taking an aggressive approach will often win you the pot without going to a showdown.
In Position
When you’re in position heads-up, you simply have more options. Typically, if I’m in position and flop any reasonable draw (flush, straight or even a gut-shot straight draw with two overcards), I’m going to play the hand fast. Read the rest of this entry »
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