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
Learn the correct rules of the game
Learn the correct rules of the game so that in an argument you can protect your money. A bad decision against a player can break him for the evening. If you know the rules, no smart aleck will be able to cheat you of a pot by a bad decision.
If you are a neophyte Poker player,
If you are a neophyte Poker player, don't get into a game in which the boys are old hands. Experience is a big factor in Poker and very hard to overcome with mere talent. If you are lucky in a game with such players, you win little; if unlucky, you lose heavily. Find a game where the players are in your class.