Small Pairs From The Small Blind (for Limit Holdem)

  Even a small pair can bring you a lot of money if its played right. If youre a tight player I think you usually fold hands like 3-3 very often when you see raised pot. And in general its the best tactic. Now lets suppose that youre in the Small Blind with:  In case of called pot theres no doubt what to do call. If there was one raise you can make one call. But if there were two raisers then its definitely better to fold. Lets say its a called pot. We hope to see another four on the flopFlop  a) Lets suppose you hit. In general you should be careful if there are two overcards. If there is only one overcard you can bet. Maybe sometimes its not very profitable because you can blow out all your opponent. But its better to get less profit than to lose. Because if you try to check raise there is a chance that no one will bet. So you will give your opponent a free card and maybe a better hand. Now lets suppose that there are two overcards and the flop is:  You can check-raise. Because there is a top card on the board. And you can expect that somebody will bet. Though it depends on the number of players. If there are 3 or less players then the best option is bet. If there are more than 3 players at the flop then you should check-raise because a chance that someones going to bet is higher.b) Now what if you didnt hit?Ill tell you what fold.Turn  I think if youre on the turn with that hand you already have trips. So the question is how to make more money on it. Now we can examine the following situations: when you make a full house and when you dont. We dont consider a possibility to make quads because its very unlikely. So, lets suppose that you do make a full house:  In fact you can either bet or try to check-raise. Adjust your strategy to the number of players. If there are there are more than 3 players then you can check-raise. And lets talk about the situation when you dont make a full house:  The general advice will be the same bet or check-raise. But this time you should also consider that someone can have a couple of tens, jacks or kings But we proceed from the fact that there were no (or only one) raiser at preflop.Flush or Straight Threat  If you see three suited cards on the flop you should fold even if there was only one bet. If there are two suited cards and one bet the best strategy is check-fold. The same thing about the straight threat. Check-fold.