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
SCARNE'S POKER-PLAYING SYSTEM
SCARNE'S POKER-PLAYING SYSTEM At the very outset, be you an expert or an average Poker player, I can make you this promise—if Scarne's Poker-Playing System is put to proper use, it will decrease the amounts of money lost during your losing sessions and increase the number of your winning sessions.
The basic principle that makes Scarne's Poker-Playing System work
The basic principle that makes Scarne's Poker-Playing System work is the manner in which you handle your pocket bankroll. This money management can be broken down into three parts. 1. How much money a player should take to a game in the form of a pocket bankroll. 2. The maximum sum of money a player can afford to lose of this poker bankroll in one game session. 3. The maximum sum of money a winning player can add to this pocket bankroll in any one game session.