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
The basic strategy rule for most high-low games including this one is
The basic strategy rule for most high-low games including this one is to play only low hands with the first three cards. The reason why I recommend such a rule is because a starting three-card hand can very often work itself into a two-way hand, whereas, with few exceptions, it is very unlikely that a three-card high hand will work itself into a low hand.
Top Las Vegas Poker pros, more often than not, fold a starting
Top Las Vegas Poker pros, more often than not, fold a starting three-card high hand unless it's an exceptionally high strong hand such as three of a kind, etc. They claim there's no money in it when playing one-way hands, and that's what most high hands are—just one way.