PokerStrategy.com Home
Country IP The flag indicates which country you are allocated to according to your IP address and profile data. The content on PokerStrategy.com is filtered according to these settings. For more information on content filtering, please click here.
Username:  Password: 

Long term online poker success with winning strategies – register for free!

The best strategies With the correct strategy, poker becomes an easy game. Our authors show you how to succeed, one step at a time.

The smartest thinkers Learn from and with internationally successful poker pros, in our live coaching sessions and in the forum.

$50 starting capital PokerStrategy.com is free of charge. Additionally there is a $50 free starting capital waiting for you.

You are already a PokerStrategy.com member? Log in here

Strategy: Fixed-Limit

Post-flop: Standard play against one opponent

by 6Wishmaster6

previous page 1 next page

Video: Click here

Introduction

In this article
  • The 6 different heads up situations
  • Profitable standard action to take against one opponent
Out of Position

You are out of position when you must act before your opponent in the current betting round. If however, you see the actions of your opponents before you are forced to make a move, you are in position.

You will frequently find yourself in a position where you are against a single opponent post-flop. We call this situation heads-up. There are different standard courses of action for this situation which you should learn by heart.

This article will often refer to situations described in the article Introduction to playing before the flop, in which you learned how to play various starting hands. We will now adopt a more aggressive approach to post-flop isolated situations, in which you must use what you've learned.

After using the various playing styles outlined in this article, you can carry this aggressive approach into the later betting rounds. Both articles form a unit.

previous page 1 next page


Next article: Post-flop: Flop Textures
 

That's not the entire article...

With a free membership at PokerStrategy.com, you'll get free $50 starting capital to play poker with and therefore the chance to gain access to hundreds of strategy articles such as these - and of course poker videos, live coaching sessions and strategy forums. Register now for free and start playing to enable all our offers.

Register now

Comments (8)

#1 mouse89, 06 Oct 08 14:14

ok

#2 irregularity, 26 Apr 09 19:06

Some good info on a lot of situations, thanks.

#3 amater001, 17 Apr 10 19:28

useful...

#4 krumvirek, 15 Aug 10 22:32

good info and video´s

#5 nemiren, 14 Oct 10 09:54

i dont understand something-why do we call flop raise turn ip hu no pfr with fd? fold equity of opponent must only be bigger on later streets so we charge ourself the most?!

#6 lindawaty, 25 Feb 11 09:49

ok

#7 sinm25, 11 May 11 21:24

I dont think that this will work on $0,25/$0,50 tables. Players there play more hands, and it is not so easy to predict thair hands.

#8 BreadWarden, 17 Sep 11 04:24

I often find myself unsure in heads up situations, so it's good to get some guidance.


If you are logged in to PokerStrategy.com, the Share button uses your referral link for the Tell a Friend program.

Article Contents

    • Introduction
    • There was no pre-flop raiser
    • The opponent raised before the flop
    • You raised before the flop
    • Conclusion

My PokerStrategy.com rank

You are not a member of PokerStrategy.com yet. Register for free and take advantage of all our learning tools.
Register now!