Play only your premium starting hands: in a normal game you should see no more than 20-25% of the flops.
Table selection: beware of those tight/aggressive tables with their low profit and their high volatility and avoid strong players overall as they will
“read you and take your money”.
Look for loose games where at least 30% see the flop on average and play their hands too far.
Be sure to have pot odds when you’re drawing: only call a bet if the pot justifies the call see: Texas Holdem pot odds.
Analyze your relative strength in the hand: make a habit of anticipating the holdings of your opponents and be sure to further evaluate as more information is revealed in later rounds. You’ll never be truly successful unless you “get under the skin” of your opponents.
Make mental notes of the playing styles of your opponents: questions you should ask yourself include, what kind of hands do they raise with? What hands do they re-raise with? Do they call all the way with weak holdings? How do they play pocket- pairs? How do they play their draws? What kinds of hands do they call and raise with from early position? What type of hands do they check-raise with?
Bet or raise when called for – do not just call: the structure of Limit Texas Hold’em invites drawing hands, which might even bet into you. If you believe you have the best hand you should almost always bet and/or raise. You do not want to give any free cards.
Always have a good kicker: you must have a good side card, or kicker, to your highest card. (Weak kickers create second-best hands, which prove expensive in the long run).
Be fast to steal pots when you are in the late position: when few players are in and it has been checked around to you, a possibility of taking the pot in last or late position may come around. Only do this, though, if it looks as though the board didn’t benefit anyone. Also, be sure to consider the type of players that are left in the pot.
Vary your play: you can occasionally limp on “raising hands” and bet/raise on some “calling hands”. Do this both before and after the flop in order to avoid predictability of style.
Fold in time: you’ll save money if you fold in time. Do not draw when you know you are beat and the pot does not warrant a call.
Rarely bluff: you must be quite sure that your opponents are not holding strong hands and/or are very weak when you attempt to bluff.
