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
POKER HAS ENRICHED OUR LANGUAGE
POKER HAS ENRICHED OUR LANGUAGE Talk around the Poker table has introduced many colorful phrases into the American language. Used in many contexts are "chip in," "fourflusher," "joker" (one not to be taken seriously), "two-bit hustler," "poker face," "stand pat," "pass the buck," "pass me," "ace in the hole," "call your bluff," "penny ante chiseler," "showdown," "aces," "close to the vest," "cold deck," and many other pokerisms too numerous to mention.
SIX KINDS OF POKER PLAYERS—WHICH ONE ARE YOU?
SIX KINDS OF POKER PLAYERS—WHICH ONE ARE YOU? Sixty-five million men and women are spending more of their leisure time gambling at Poker than at any other form of gambling. These 65 million Poker players are made up of six different kinds. Which category are you in?