“No Fold’em” Hold’em
Low Limit Hold’em is often referred to as “No Fold’em Hold’em”, this refers to the fact that a lot of these games have four, five, six even seven callers before the flop. After the flop a single bet will still have multiple callers. Because these games play very passive and for very low stakes, many players will play almost any two starting cards (No Fold’em) and will stay in for the turn and the river with very poor odds to hit their very long draws to a winning hand.
The problem for good tight players is that their good starting hands will often get run down by these outlandish draws. Many players complain that they can’t beat low limit games because of this loose and passive style of play. It is true that playing good quality hands in such a game will mean your big starting hand will usually need to improve to win. It is true that games like this can be frustrating but imagine I told you that you could be at the table where players would keep putting chips into the pot with 10 to 1, 12 to 1, even 20 to 1 odds to their draws. Wouldn’t want a seat in that game?
Yes in a loose and passive game full of many limpers you will have to lay down some big hands that do not improve but when you do hit a hand those players are going to pay you off every time. If you can’t beat a No Fold’em Hold’em game, you might try working on your patience.
-This is Beginner’s Poker Forum Post #100
