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
The dealer may stand pat, or he has the option (minus the penalty) of
The dealer may stand pat, or he has the option (minus the penalty) of one free draw of one, two or three cards. This free draw may be followed by a double and a redouble, making three possible draws in all.
Second stage of play: The second stage of play begins with the
Second stage of play: The second stage of play begins with the non-dealer making the opening lead. The hands (five cards each) are played out in tricks, one card by each player. High card takes the trick regardless of suit, and a player does not have to follow suit. In case of two like-valued cards being played to the same trick, the first card led wins. The winner of a trick leads to the next. Each player retrieves his own card and faces it up to indicate a trick won, or down to indicate a trick lost.