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
False Openers
False Openers 1. A player opening a pot with false openers forfeits his right to the pot, and his hand is dead. Remaining players in the pot, if any, will play the pot out as though it had been opened legitimately. If no one stays, the opening bet remains in the pot, and a new deal is declared. 2. If an opener bets with false openers and his bet is not called, the amount of the bet shall be withdrawn, but any ante remains in the pot. 3. If the bet is called, the false opener loses the entire pot to the best legitimate hand.
Foul or Dead Hand
Foul or Dead Hand 1. If a player holds more or fewer than five cards on the showdown, that player's hand is declared foul or dead, and he has no interest in the pot. But if the irregularity is discovered after the pot is collected, the hand must stand as legitimate. 2. If a player forgets to draw cards or permits another player to draw cards at his turn of play, he must play his hand as is. If he has discarded and failed to draw, his hand is dead.