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
And there are hands such as A-K-Q of the same suit,
And there are hands such as A-K-Q of the same suit, and the bug, that permit a player to hold a pair of aces and still draw one card to a possible straight, flush, or straight flush. Should the player miss filling in the hand, he still has the chance of making three aces or aces up. At the worst, he'll still hold a pair of aces, a good hand to raise before the draw.
Basically, California Draw is a game of aces
Basically, California Draw is a game of aces and the bug. Any player who doesn't take aces and the bug into consideration is bound to lose. The following list proves the importance of aces with the bug. 1. There is only one five-of-a-kind hand, and it is comprised of four aces and the bug. 2. There are five times as many four-ace hands as any other specific four of a kind. 3. There are 2.3 times as many full houses involving three or two aces as any other specific full house. 4. There are 2.5 times as many three-ace hands as any other specific three of a kind. 5. There are 1.66% times as many one pair of aces as any other specific one pair.