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
Starting Hands
Starting Hands Many poker books list a set of "good starting hands." They will also, often, list which hands should be played in what position. For example, which starting hands should be played in early position, middle, and late position.
This, however, is just a very limited starting poin
This, however, is just a very limited starting poin and numerous other pieces of information need to be taken into account to decide which starting hands should be played. Beginning players learn to play premium starting hands. This may be good strategy for players with very limited experience and skill, but as a players experience increases, a larger set of starting hands need to be included.