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
RANK 2 The Straight Flush:
RANK 2 The Straight Flush: any five cards of the same suit in numerical sequence, such as the 10-9-8-7-6 of spades. This flush is called a ten high. If there are two or more straight flushes in competition for the pot, that one wins whose top card is of the highest denomination; a ten high beats a nine high, etc.; if two or more players hold a straight flush whose top card is of the same denomination, the hand is a tie.
RANK 3 Four of a Kind:
RANK 3 Four of a Kind: any four cards of the same denomination (A-A-A-A-2). The odd card is irrelevant and does not affect the rank of the hand.