NL BSS Silver Series Continues: BSS Pre-Flop

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Pre-flop Guide for NL BSS
No Limit
PokerStrategy
Silver

In these 3 articles you will find everything you need to know for perfecting your big stack play as you move up the limits. The first article gives a basic overview of pre-flop fundamentals while the next two deal with the situations of either being first to enter the pot, or being confronted with a raise in front of you.  Depending on the factors calling, folding or raising might all be viable alternatives.

Before the Flop - The Basics

Before the Flop - When do You Raise?

Before the Flop - When There Was a Raise Before You

Quote from the articles:

"Do you want to play your hand in a multi-way pot or heads-up? How many
callers do you expect to have? Do you have any fold equity?

It is
important to think about whether you are raising as a "steal” (which
means you are expecting to usually have sufficient fold equity),
or if you expect to be ahead and are raising for value. Here, you also
have to take the possible post-flop play into consideration, as you
live from the implied odds in No-Limit Hold'em. This means you have to
take into consideration that even your seemingly weaker pre-flop hands
can turn
into strong hands post-flop, with which you can get paid off if you
hit. On the other hand, you have to realize that you could lose your
entire stack in any given round.
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