3. Turn Pot-Limit Texas Holdem Strategy

So we have discussed how to play your custom poker chip set pre-flop and post-flop. Now we must consider how to gamble at the turn. This is especially important as the limit usually doubles at this point in the poker hand (meaning that poker players can bet double as much of their custom poker chip stack). This suits you if you are ahead in the pot and have hit, for example top pair and have bet it strongly on the flop. But if you are behind in the custom poker chip pot, you could potentially lose a large percentage of your custom poker chip set. Nobody wants to go home a loser!

If some other poker player check-raises you, it is advisable that you assume that they have your top pair well and truly beaten. They will usually have either a set or two pair at least. Get out now and save your custom poker chip set for another betting and gambling round of pot-limit Texas Holdem. Again, it depends on the type of poker player you are up against. Remember Dave Scharf’s Player Classification? If you are up against a ‘Rock’ you should probably muck your poker hand as he/she only plays the strongest of poker hands. If you are up against a ‘maniac’ or ‘screaming fish’ you should probably continue to build up the pressure with your custom poker chip stack. If there are only two of you at the poker table (in the latter stages of a poker tournament), you should probably continue to build up the pressure on the turn, continually raising with your custom poker chip set.

Too many poker players we see will bet and gamble their custom poker chip set well on the flop, but if anyone calls them, they will become timid on the turn and won’t bet and gamble their custom poker chip set another time. This is poor play and you must continue to show strength on the turn unless it is extremely obvious that another poker player has the nuts at that point in the poker hand. Even if the turn card worries you, if you bet it it will worry your poker opponent that extra bit more! Use your custom poker chip set wisely but don’t freeze up on the turn or you will never come away a winner.