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POKER STRATEGY
This section will provide tips for some troublesome situations in shorthand fixed-limit games.
Small Pocket Pairs (sevens or lower)
Preflop:
Small pocket pairs work best in a large, multi-way pot (you're hoping to hit another card of your pair and make trips) or heads-up. Therefore, your preflop strategy should reflect this. If you're on
the button, one guy has raised, and another has folded, your best strategy would be to shut out the blinds and make it heads up. So in this case, reraise. However, if you're the big blind and three other people have already called the big blind, it's best to just check and hope to hit a set on the flop. Note: Don't use the reraise to make it heads-up against a very tight player. There's a good chance he has a higher pocket pair. In these situations, your opponent will dominate you. For example, you do not want to reraise when you hold 8 8 and the other player holds 10 10 . The reraise move only works if you think your opponent has two unpaired cards or a lower pocket pair than you.

On the flop:
If you're in a multi-way pot, the answer is simple: fold if you don't hit a set, jam the pot if you do. The only exception is if you hit a weird flop, like 552 or 666 when you hold like 77. In this case, you probably hold the best hand and should jam the pot. If you're heads-up, it gets a little tricker. If the flop is mainly low cards, bet at it. Your opponent probably has nothing. However, if the flop is AQJ, you're probably toast. You can try to bet at it (in case he has a low pocket pair also), but if you encounter any resistance, you must fold. Flop bluffs Flop bluffs work best against one or maybe two opponents. The method is fairly simple. Your Hand Board Suppose you raised preflop. You have nothing on the flop, not even a flush draw, but your opponents may also have nothing. Go ahead and bet at it, you might steal the pot right there. If they just call you, you have a decision. They may have Ace and a low kicker or they may have something like K 9 . In either case, you're losing. You should generally check and fold. Do this about 80% of the time. However, you don't want them to be able to crack your bluffing strategy by just calling you on the flop and then seeing what you do on the turn. Because of this, I recommend slowplaying occasionally. For example, suppose you have A 9 at this flop. You can bet the flop, then check-raise the turn. In other words, you must punish them for just calling on the flop. People should never be allowed to just call with a second-best hand if they hope you're bluffing; they should be forced to raise to see where they are. If you suspect that they just call you with the second-best hand, you should bet until the river when you have the goods, but don't always check-fold when you don't. You should sometimes bluff on the turn too (but most of the time, don't)

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