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
75. Five Card Double-Handed High-Low Stud
75. Five Card Double-Handed High-Low Stud In this game, which is also called Bimbo High-Low, the play is the same as Five Card Stud except for the following: 1. Each player is dealt two hands of five cards each. Each hand is dealt separately in turn and is bet as a different hand. 2. When a player bets on one of his hands, his other hand must call the bet, along with the opponents, or fold. 3. A player may fold one hand at any time and stay with the other. 4. Before showdown, each player announces what he is going to do with each hand—go low, or high, or high-low.
76. Five Card Stud with Spit Cards
76. Five Card Stud with Spit Cards Played the same as Five Card Stud except that at the dealer's option after each round of betting the dealer calls "Spit" and deals a face-up spit card in the center, which may be used by all players in making their best hand. This is followed by a round of betting. The dealer has the option of refusing to deal a spit card in the center—whenever he chooses. This game slightly favors the dealer because, should he hold a valuable hand, he may not spit. However, with each player having a turn at dealing, the odds are equalized.