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
Good plays in this game on the first three cards (two face down and
Good plays in this game on the first three cards (two face down and one face up) are roughly as follows. However, before we discuss the initial three-card strong hands, I will point out the difference between holding a hidden pair or a split pair: a hidden pair is, for example, two face-down jacks and a king up; a split pair is jack and king face down and a jack face up. The probability of improving with the following one, two, three, or four cards is the same in both cases, but the player's chance of winning a big pot is much better with the hidden pair.
As mentioned earlier, it is possible to have four of a kind with no
As mentioned earlier, it is possible to have four of a kind with no pairs showing, and when a player has such a hand, an opponent holding a full house, flush or straight is very likely to raise or reraise the hidden four of a kind, making for a big pot.