Texas Holdem Strategy

GENERAL STRATEGY TIPS
These are some general strategy tips that usually works in a medium to loose type of game.

Just overcards on the flop: You can bet with an ace or two minor overcards on the flop, but you should fold if someone raises your bet. If someone bets before you on the flop you can call with two overcards, but fold them at the turn unless your hand improves then. You can call with two major overcards (ie A-J) if someone raises your bet on the flop. You can also check-call a bet on the turn with that kind of hand, unless the board looks threatening.

If everyone checks on the flop you can bet on the turn even if you have nothing. Your opponents will often fold in such a situation, unless they are too many or too loose.

You can sometimes bluff-bet if the flop contains an ace. Your opponents will often fold in such a situation if they don't have any pairs or an open ended straight, because it's impossible for them to have any overcards when the flop contains an ace. Please note that this will only work if your opponents aren't too many or too loose.

Betting is always done in clockwise order. The first person to act is the one sitting on the left-hand side of the player who deals the cards. Consequently, the dealer will be the one who gets to wait the longest before acting. Having seen what all the other players did, the dealer has access to more information and is in a better position than the others. To make things fair, the players take turns to deal the cards. After each finished hand, the dealer position is moved one seat clockwise.

If someone suddenly bets into you or raises, and you are considering folding, be sure to first look at the amount of chips that the player has in front of him. If he is out of chips it's likely that he is bluff raising/betting because he knows he will go all-in on that hand anyway.