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
Three Community Cards
Three Community Cards The betting round and the drawing of cards is as in standard Draw Poker, except that a player may open the pot on any hand he desires (jacks or better are not required), and a player may draw up to four cards if he desires. If all the players pass, a new hand is dealt and all the players ante again, as in standard Draw Poker.
If the pot is opened and the active players have completed their
If the pot is opened and the active players have completed their draw, there is no betting at this time. Instead: The dealer now turns up the first community card of the three cards in the center of the table, and a betting round begins, the opener making the first bet. When all bets have been met, the dealer turns up the second community card in the center of the table, and another betting round ensues, with the opener having the first turn. The same holds with the facing up of the third community card in the center of the table.