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
It is thirty years since my Poker rules
It is thirty years since my Poker rules first appeared in Scarne on Cards. In that time they have been revised numerous times and have provided guidance to millions of Poker players throughout the world. But with many more millions of Americans playing Poker today, it was inevitable that many new Poker games would be invented, and many changes in the popularity of different Poker games would occur; also that many rule changes would take place. Because today these changes are substantial and most important, I am revising and updating my Poker rules—hence this book.
The Poker rules set forth here
The Poker rules set forth here are not according to the countless so-called Hoyle books, but according to Scarne. They are based on modern conventions and conditions of play. They have been devised for players who like to gamble and love Poker. They are based on exhaustive studies of current Poker rules here and abroad. They have been tested in private games and clubs throughout the country—and they have stood the test of time. They are mathematically sound, they recognize the realities of Poker play, and they are authoritative. I firmly believe that the rules set forth in this book will in due time be accepted as the first and only standardized Poker rules for home, clubs and Poker rooms the world over for the obvious reason that they are the best possible.