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
Note: To improve your Straight Draw Poker game to an expert's
Note: To improve your Straight Draw Poker game to an expert's level, I recommend you study the tips, hints, subterfuges, bits of strategy and warnings described under General Strategy, Chapter 4, and Draw Poker Strategy, Chapter 5.
Straight Draw Poker—Pass or Drop
Straight Draw Poker—Pass or Drop so known as Bet or Drop, the play is the same as in Straight Draw Poker (above) except that a player may not check. He must either bet or drop out of the game.