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
Jimmy approached me in the lobby of the hotel one night and said,
Jimmy approached me in the lobby of the hotel one night and said, "Professor [that's how Braddock usually addressed me], I just played in the screwiest Poker game ever. It's Five Card Draw, but listen, the lousiest hand wins over straight flushes, four of a kind, full houses, straights, and all other regular Poker winning hands."
"You're sure, Jimmy, that the lousiest hand always wins?"
"You're sure, Jimmy, that the lousiest hand always wins?" "Yes, I'm sure. Go into the cardroom and see for yourself. The game's in progress at the third table on the left as you enter." After watching this Five Card Draw Poker game for about a half hour, I realized Jimmy had told me the truth. I was watching for the first time a Poker game where the worst hand on the showdown was winning all the pots.