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
With your hole card matched twice in the upcards, the chance of
With your hole card matched twice in the upcards, the chance of catching that last hole-card match is about half that with one hold-card match showing. After being dealt your third card your chance of pairing your hole card on the last two cards is as follows:
PAIRING YOUR HOLE CARD AT FIVE CARD STUD,
PAIRING YOUR HOLE CARD AT FIVE CARD STUD, TWO CARDS COMING Number of Players Approximate Chances of Pairing If Your Hole Card Is UnmatchedontheTableApproximate Chances of Pairing If Your Hole Card Is MatchedontheTable Five Once in 7 deals Once in 11 deals Six Once in 7 dealsOnce in 11 deals Seven Once in 6 deals Once in 10 deals Eight Once in 6 deals Once in 10 deals Nine Once in 5 deals Once in 9 deals Ten Oncein5deals Oncein9deals