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
Every time you sit down at a poker table
Every time you sit down at a poker table be very observant. Try to take note of everything. Try to remember everything and take notes if your memory is not to keen. Look for betting patterns and tells. At the same time, do not give away any good information about how you play. Although, no-limit Texas Hold'em is more of an art than a science, to play correctly, a player still needs to know a little math. Fortunately, nothing more complicated than simple addition with a little division and multiplication, is required.
Most of the math in poker
Most of the math in poker involves calculating a players odds or probability, of catching a needed card (out) and pot odds. When faced with a bet, a player needs to compare the two in order to decide if he is receiving the correct odds to make a call.