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NLHE is an abbreviation for No Limit Texas Hold'em. This abbreviation leaves out the T for Texas, which can make it less obvious in what it represents. It is used as an abbreviation for this popular poker game both online and in card rooms. Other abbreviations and synonyms are NLH, No limit Texas Hold'em, No-limit Holdem.

Texas Hold'em variants include Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo (also called Omaha/8 or Omaha 8-or-better) as well as Royal Hold'em. Royal Hold'em is a unique poker game using only the aces, tens and court cards and is a rarely found on other online sites. Thousands of poker tournaments run each week. Ready right now! No Limit Hold'em tournaments changed forever. To win a No Limit Hold'em event with thousands of players, you need to have played well and gotten extremely lucky, simply because that is the nature of Hold'em, but also because that is how a generation of players are learned how to play the game: 'I go all-in'.

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What Does No Limit Mean?

Limit refers to how much a player can bet on any single bet. No limit means that at any point in the game a player can bet as much as all of the chips they have on the table, which is known as going all-in. The other players must match the amount to call the bet, or can go all-in themselves for less. If the player loses the hand, they are out of the game unless there is a rebuy allowed.

Besides going all-in, a player can bet more than the minimum required bet or raise more than the minimum required the amount of a raise, anywhere up to the amount of chips they have on the table. In most games, a raise must be by at least as much as the blind for a first raise. For a re-raise, it must be at least as much as the previous raise.

This is in contrast with limit games where the amount allowed for each bet is set and the players cannot bet more than that amount. For example, for the first and second bet of a hand, the amount might be set at $2, with the amount for the third and fourth bet set at $4. In pot limit games, the maximum raise is the current size of the pot.

No Limit Texas Hold'em is the usual format for poker tournaments such as the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Many people have become familiar with watching it played in televised tournaments. It is a common format for playing poker online. Non-tournament limit games are common in casinos and card rooms. They may be listed with the word limit and amount of the limit (such as $2/$4).

Texas Hold'em Poker

The game of Texas Hold'em originated in Texas, with its birthplace officially designated as Robstown, Texas. It was introduced to Las Vegas at the Golden Nugget casino in 1967.It became popular with professional players because the four rounds of betting on each hand allowed for strategic play. When Benny and Jack Binion created the World Series of Poker in the early 1970's, they featured no-limit Texas Hold'em as the main event of the tournament.

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The basic rules for Texas Hold'em are that two to 10 players are dealt two hole cards. They place bets in sequence around the table or choose to fold their hands. Three cards are dealt, the flop, which the players can use to complete the best hand. There is another round of betting and folding and then a fourth card is revealed on the board. Then another round of betting (or folding) and the fifth board card is revealed. Any remaining players can again bet or fold and go to a showdown to win the pot.

'Next time you're in the end zone, act like you've been there before, and that you're going to be there again.' -- Vince Lombardi
The 2004 World Series of Poker Championship event was a key moment in poker history. Three times the number of players entered compared to 2003. The 2576 players made it at the time the largest brick and mortar poker tournament ever held, despite the $10,000 entry cost. Close to 1000 of these players won seats into the event via preliminary tournaments at one of the online poker card rooms. PokerStars sent 316 players alone, including the eventual champion, Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer.
An historic tournament just for the turnout alone, I believe this event will be looked back in years to come as a historically defining moment, similar to how the first World Series in 1970 is thought about now. No Limit Hold'em tournaments changed forever.
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To win a No Limit Hold'em event with thousands of players, you need to have played well and gotten extremely lucky, simply because that is the nature of Hold'em, but also because that is how a generation of players are learned how to play the game: 'I go all-in'. Race after race, virtual coin flip after coin flip.. even if you play outstanding poker, and regularly get significant edges over your opponents, for example every hand you play you are a 2-1 favorite, to continually not lose requires loads of luck. This is unavoidable if your opponents force you to commit all your chips or fold. Folding 2-1 edges is not the road to Oz.

No-limit Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament Rules

And some previously successful players HATE this way to play, this 'Internet way' to play. Phil Hellmuth is notorious for not wanting to commit all his chips. He wants to see flops, make reads, and outplay his opponents. That is a great skill he has. But bad news for Phil, lots of the new breed of players don't want to let him use his skills. They will shove all-in. If they don't get called they win a smallish pot. If they do get called, they will take their chances with 50/50 or 60/40 or 30/70 races.
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Frankly, No Limit Hold'em is just about the worst game to play with huge tournament fields. Skill will contribute to victory, but luck will be the greater influence. Again, this is the way Hold'em is designed. It is a game of small edges. Even 'dominating' situations like AcKs versus Ah7d are less than 3-1. Imagine you playing 3-1 situations fifty times for all your chips. Eventually you will lose, unless you get outlandishly lucky. Of course, in the real world often times in all-in situations you will have more chips than your opponent, and thus won't be eliminated when you lose, but still it is a humbling reality to understand that even the greatest player will need a huge amount of luck to win a large No Limit Holdem event. (Luck is not nearly so central to Limit poker, or other games like Draw poker, where dominating situations are 100% to zero, like a pat full house versus a pat flush.)

No Limit Texas Holdem Poker Tournamentsnaments

Lots of people play poorly, and will gladly shove all their chips in as 1-3 underdogs. Part of their poor play is they have no clue that they are such dogs!
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The basic rules for Texas Hold'em are that two to 10 players are dealt two hole cards. They place bets in sequence around the table or choose to fold their hands. Three cards are dealt, the flop, which the players can use to complete the best hand. There is another round of betting and folding and then a fourth card is revealed on the board. Then another round of betting (or folding) and the fifth board card is revealed. Any remaining players can again bet or fold and go to a showdown to win the pot.

'Next time you're in the end zone, act like you've been there before, and that you're going to be there again.' -- Vince Lombardi
The 2004 World Series of Poker Championship event was a key moment in poker history. Three times the number of players entered compared to 2003. The 2576 players made it at the time the largest brick and mortar poker tournament ever held, despite the $10,000 entry cost. Close to 1000 of these players won seats into the event via preliminary tournaments at one of the online poker card rooms. PokerStars sent 316 players alone, including the eventual champion, Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer.
An historic tournament just for the turnout alone, I believe this event will be looked back in years to come as a historically defining moment, similar to how the first World Series in 1970 is thought about now. No Limit Hold'em tournaments changed forever.
To win a No Limit Hold'em event with thousands of players, you need to have played well and gotten extremely lucky, simply because that is the nature of Hold'em, but also because that is how a generation of players are learned how to play the game: 'I go all-in'. Race after race, virtual coin flip after coin flip.. even if you play outstanding poker, and regularly get significant edges over your opponents, for example every hand you play you are a 2-1 favorite, to continually not lose requires loads of luck. This is unavoidable if your opponents force you to commit all your chips or fold. Folding 2-1 edges is not the road to Oz.

No-limit Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament Rules

And some previously successful players HATE this way to play, this 'Internet way' to play. Phil Hellmuth is notorious for not wanting to commit all his chips. He wants to see flops, make reads, and outplay his opponents. That is a great skill he has. But bad news for Phil, lots of the new breed of players don't want to let him use his skills. They will shove all-in. If they don't get called they win a smallish pot. If they do get called, they will take their chances with 50/50 or 60/40 or 30/70 races.
Frankly, No Limit Hold'em is just about the worst game to play with huge tournament fields. Skill will contribute to victory, but luck will be the greater influence. Again, this is the way Hold'em is designed. It is a game of small edges. Even 'dominating' situations like AcKs versus Ah7d are less than 3-1. Imagine you playing 3-1 situations fifty times for all your chips. Eventually you will lose, unless you get outlandishly lucky. Of course, in the real world often times in all-in situations you will have more chips than your opponent, and thus won't be eliminated when you lose, but still it is a humbling reality to understand that even the greatest player will need a huge amount of luck to win a large No Limit Holdem event. (Luck is not nearly so central to Limit poker, or other games like Draw poker, where dominating situations are 100% to zero, like a pat full house versus a pat flush.)

No Limit Texas Holdem Poker Tournamentsnaments

Lots of people play poorly, and will gladly shove all their chips in as 1-3 underdogs. Part of their poor play is they have no clue that they are such dogs!
In major No Limit Holdem tournaments a large chunk of the skill required to win is very basic and simple, but it is absolute, pure skill where you consistently take the best of it into showdown situations and absorb fluctuations when you have bad luck. Some skills that work in tougher games are useless, and the way to win is fairly mechanical, but over time it is enormously profitable.. even if the psychic pain of often losing to goofball play is hard for almost everyone to stomach.
See also Limit Texas Holdem and Making Money Playing Tournament Poker



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