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
POSSIBLE POKER HANDS OF LESS VALUE THAN ONE
POSSIBLE POKER HANDS OF LESS VALUE THAN ONE PAIR IN A 52-CARD DECK Ace Counting High King Counting High Ace LowNumber of Possible No-Pair Hands Ace high King high 502,860 King high Queen high 335,580 Queen high Jack high 213,180 Jack high Ten high 127,500 Ten high Nine high 70,380 Nine high Eight high 34,680 Eight high Seven high
CHANCES (IN PERCENT) OF BEING HIGH WITH THE FIRST FIVE CARDS DEALT
CHANCES (IN PERCENT) OF BEING HIGH WITH THE FIRST FIVE CARDS DEALT The above table presents the chances of a specific hand's being high at Five Card Draw Poker against one to eight opponents. This is expressed in percent; thus 98 means 98%, or, this will happen 98 times out of 100.