Learning Limit Hold’em would help overall play
Learning how to play more games than just No Limit Texas Hold’em will actually make you a better overall poker player, and make you a better No Limit Hold’em player as well.Limit and No Limit Hold’em are games that are played very differently, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t use Limit tactics in No Limit.In fact, there are several poker weapons that are considered Limit plays but when used correctly are effective in the game of No Limit.Let’s look at a few of these plays and how they relate
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Poker jargon:
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- PAY STATION - A player who rarely folds, thus who frequently calls better hands and loses. Almost as much fun as a LIVE ONE.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
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