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Hypermegachi's 6-Max Texas Hold'em Limit Guide - Flop Play Early Position
Assuming at least 3 handed...
Bad Hands:
Lowest pair isn't best too often, you can muck these hands.
Marginal Hands:
Being in early position has the advantage of building pots when you have a monster, and check-raising marginal hands to protect your hand, and increasing your chances of winning. A lot of advice out there suggests you shouldn't continue beyond the flop with less than top pair. Having medium pair is very often the best hand shorthanded. If everyone checks to the button, who bets, you MUST raise here with mid pair. Many people bet on the button with nothing, you may have him beat. Other players after you may have top pair with weak kicker, facing 2 cold, they might fold fearing being outkicked.
Good Hands:
With top pair good kicker, or better hands, I like to bet out to build a pot. I will not slow down on the turn or river until my opponents tell me to (by raising back at me).
Pocket Pairs:
Play it like a marginal hand if your your PP can beat mid pair, muck it otherwise. Play it like a good hand if your pocket pair hits a set, or is higher than the board.
Flush Draws and Open Ended Straight Draws:
You want as many people in the pot as possible. If the table is loose with many people calling to the river with crap, bet out to build the pot. If the table is fairly tight, check with the intention of calling when the button bets, to try and get more callers. If the player after you bets, and people call afterwards, when it's your turn, RAISE. You have nothing now, but no one is going to fold for one more bet. Maximize the pot you can win by raising.
Gutshots
Call if you're getting odds, otherwise fold.
Overcards
These are a bastard to play early position, being you cannot use the freecard and free showdown plays. Needless to say, if the board is very ragged, I will try for a check raise, and bet out on the turn, and hope they fold. If the check raise fails, and the turn doesn't help, then well you're screwed . Depending on your reads you may choose to bet out, or check fold. If the board is coordinated, I will check/fold, knowing there's too many ways I can be beat.
Backdoor Draws
Not worth playing if this is the only thing you have.
Multiple combination of the above
Again, consider the board, consider the players, and do what maximizes the pot size and your ability to win it. Check raise marginal hands, bet out strong hands and draws, and reraise for value to build big pots.
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