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
This game is often played with the option of turning up the hole
This game is often played with the option of turning up the hole card and taking the last dealt card face down (as a hole card). This style game has several added strategic features. Example: A player with four fair low cards will often do this, for it gives him an opportunity to win the pot by a bluff if his fifth dealt card has wrecked his hand.
A player holding three low upcards showing, who takes his last
A player holding three low upcards showing, who takes his last dealt card face up, may be presumed to be holding a high hole card or a pair. No doubt a good player varies such strategic plays from time to time in order to befuddle his opponents.