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
ODDS AGAINST MAKING A STRAIGHT FLUSH IN
ODDS AGAINST MAKING A STRAIGHT FLUSH IN DRAW POKER WHEN DRAWING ONE CARD Odds against making a straight flush openatoneend 46 to 1 Odds against making a straight flush open in the middle 46 to 1
Odds against making a straight flush
Odds against making a straight flush open on both ends 22 to 1 CHANCES OF HOLDING VARIOUS POKER HANDS IN THE FIRST FIVE CARDS DEALT WHEN THE FOUR DEUCES ARE WILD