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
Check. To signify, as commonly used at Stud, Draw, and their variants, that the
Check. To signify, as commonly used at Stud, Draw, and their variants, that the player doesn't want to bet in that turn of play, but does propose to remain an active player, reserving the right in his next turn of play to bet, call, raise, reraise or drop out. A player cannot check his bet if a bet has been made earlier in that round. Also known as "pass."
Check, Chip. A circular plastic token having various denominations, used in
Check, Chip. A circular plastic token having various denominations, used in place of cash, which is redeemed for cash by the banker at quitting time.