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
WHAT POKER SKILL CAN'T BEAT
WHAT POKER SKILL CAN'T BEAT If you play cards in any commercial Poker game, whether in a licensed Poker room in Nevada or California, or in a swank home on Park Avenue that caters to both women and men, or with the boys in the dingy back room of Joe's barbershop, you must pay for your Poker seat. How much you pay depends upon who operates the game, and the kind of game you pick is up to you.
I must warn you at the outset,
I must warn you at the outset, however, that even if you absorb all the Poker skill described in this book, it won't help you a bit and you must wind up a loser if the house charge known as a "rake" or "cut" is too exorbitant to overcome. Therefore, I suggest that you read this section several times before continuing to read further.