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
If no one takes the widow until it comes around to the dealer, the
If no one takes the widow until it comes around to the dealer, the dealer must either take up the widow for himself or turn it face up on the table. Even if the dealer knocks and does not take up the widow, he must spread it on the table for each player to see and draw once more. A player may pass in any turn—he may decline either to exchange or to knock—but he may not pass in two consecutive turns. If he has passed on the previous round, he must either exchange or knock.
After the knock, and the final round of draws, all hands are shown to
After the knock, and the final round of draws, all hands are shown to the table. The highest takes the pot. The lowest pays the forfeit agreed upon beforehand. Some players have a round of betting before the showdown.