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
It was during this same period that a few outstanding individuals
It was during this same period that a few outstanding individuals became better known by their nicknames than by their real monickers. These were the days of Babe Ruth, the Bambino; Jack Dempsey, the Manassa Mauler; Al Capone, Scarface; Arnold Rothstein, the Brain; Jesse L. Livermore, the Boy Wonder of Wall Street; William J. Fallon, the Mouthpiece; Ivar Krueger, the Match King; and William V. Dwyer or Big Bill Dwyer, the Bootleg King.
During this period of American history, New York City, like the rest
During this period of American history, New York City, like the rest of the country, was a gambler's paradise. The center of the gambling action was on and off Broadway from Forty-second Street to Sixtieth Street. Five Card Stud games were found in every pool hall and private and social club, as well as in countless private dwellings.