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
64. Hold Em, has Vegas Style
64. Hold Em, has Vegas Style All the rules of Hold Em, Club and Home Game apply to Hold Em, Las Vegas Style with the following exceptions. 1. Limit-Hold Em is rarely played with more than eleven players, and table stakes Hold Em is most often played with nine or fewer players. 2. The dealer is a house employee at all times. He runs the game, handles the antes and bets, and deals the game. The house dealer also shuffles the cards and cuts them (one straight cut).
Because the last player in Hold Em to act (bet, raise or fold) has a
Because the last player in Hold Em to act (bet, raise or fold) has a decided advantage (and to make things equal for each player), the theoretical deal moves around the table clockwise from player to player. A rotating button is placed in front of a player to signify that he is the dealer in terms of betting and acting last.