Limit Hold'em · $4/$8

Starting Hand Chart

Loose-passive live game · tap any hand for advice
Raise — any position
Early position+
Middle position+
Late position only
Fold
↖ Suited above the diagonalOffsuit below ↘
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Pairs run down the diagonal. Anything colored is playable from the position shown or later.

Quick Math — Count & Compare

Every draw decision is two numbers: your odds to hit vs. the price the pot is laying. If the pot pays more than the odds against you, call.

1
Count your outs — cards that make your hand.
Flush draw = 9 · Open-ender = 8 · Two overcards = 6 · Gutshot = 4 · Pair to a set = 2 · Flush draw + open-ender = 15
2
Outs × 2 = your % to hit the next card.
9 outs ≈ 18% · 8 outs ≈ 16% · 4 outs ≈ 8%. (Seeing both turn AND river with no more betting? Use outs × 4.)
3
Count the bets in the pot. In limit, the pot is easy to track — just count bets. Compare bets in the pot to your odds against:
DrawOutsOdds againstBets needed in pot
Flush draw9~4 : 14+
Open-ender8~5 : 15+
Two overcards6~7 : 17+
Gutshot4~11 : 111+
Set over set / 2 outs2~23 : 123+

Turn warning: bets double on the turn, so the pot lays half the price in big bets. A flush draw that was an easy call on the flop needs 4+ big bets in the pot to continue. Multiway pots at 4-8 usually get there — heads-up pots often don't.

The Drill — Call or Fold?

Random spots, one bet to call. Run the math, make the play. Answer shows the full breakdown.

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Top 10 — Solid Poker

  1. Facing a raise, tighten way up. Cold-call only with 99+, AQs+, AK. Three-bet QQ+ and AK. Small pairs and suited connectors can call only if 3+ players are already in.
  2. Never slowplay. In limit, the extra bets ARE your profit. Bet and raise strong hands relentlessly — the field won't fold anyway, so charge them.
  3. Small pairs & suited connectors need company. They're only profitable multiway (4+ players). Short-handed pot? Fold — nobody's there to pay off your set.
  4. Respect the turn raise. When the bets double and a low-limit player raises, it's two pair or better almost every time. One pair goes in the muck.
  5. Count your outs, use the pot. Flush draws and open-enders almost always have odds multiway. Gutshots need a big pot. Two overcards against a full table are weaker than they look.
  6. No hero calls on the river. Low-limit players don't bluff enough to justify "just seeing it." If the story says you're beat, save the two big bets.
  7. Suited beats offsuit — by a lot. A9o, KTo, QTo, J9o make dominated pairs and bleed money. In multiway limit pots, suitedness is worth a full tier.
  8. Blinds are not a discount. Complete the small blind only with the late-position list. Check the big blind almost always; re-raise only QQ+ and AK. Out-of-position leaks compound fast.
  9. Raise for value, not to thin the field. You can't protect hands at 4-8 — everyone's coming along. So raise big pairs and AK/AQ to build the pot, then outplay them after the flop.
  10. Think in bets per hour, not sessions. A solid win rate is ~1 big bet/hour. Single sessions will swing hard — don't chase, don't tilt, let volume do the work.