Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
In hand-held games
In hand-held games cards are dealt face-down and players pick up the cards. You may only touch the cards with one hand, you must keep them over the table and any cards that the dealer subsequently deals to your hand must be left on the table.
Once the cards have been dealt
Once the cards have been dealt play proceeds around the table. This begins at the first seat to the dealer’s left, also known as first base. Each player then indicates to the dealer how he wishes to play the hand. Once each player has finished his hand, the dealer will complete his hand and then pay or collect the player bets.