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
It is best played against hands like
It is best played against hands like Ace - Queen or Ace - Jack. Many players will give away a lot of chips when they hit their Ace with a nice kicker like a Queen or Jack. Against most other hands, they tend to win small or lose large pots.
If you flop top pair and top kicker with Ace - King, don't fall into
If you flop top pair and top kicker with Ace - King, don't fall into the trap of playing them too fast. Everyone can see the big card on the board. Players with smaller pocket pairs won't put chips into the pot unless they flopped a set.