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
Inexperienced or weak players
Inexperienced or weak players will sometimes "flash" their cards when looking at them. That is, inadvertently exposing their cards.They may even pick their cards up and hold them in front of their face, like movie cowboys.
In poker, it is very helpful to stereotype
In poker, it is very helpful to stereotype If you are observant, you will notice that players, that share common characteristics, such as age, will play in a similar fashion. In order to avoid being politically incorrect, I will not discuss what these particular stereotypes are, but after a little observation, you should be able to make many reliable groupings.