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What is a good preflop strategy for limit Texas Hold'em?

Author: Abdul Jalib
Last updated: 2000
Copyright © 2004 Abdul Jalib
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Abdul Jalib describes a carefully thought out preflop strategy in his essay Hold'em Preflop Strategy According to Abdul.

NEW Abdul also has made a more technical study of the game-theoretical concept of "balancing" in preflop Holdem in Information Reduction through Strategy Restrictions and Balancing.

NEW Editors note, May 2004: for more links to online strategy resources see the Basic Strategy and Beyond Basic Strategy sections of the Beginners' Guide to Online Poker.