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 8 Two Pairs:
RANK 8 Two Pairs: two different pairs of cards plus one odd card (10-10-5-5-4. This example is called tens up). In evaluating two or more two-pair hands the winner is the player holding the highest pair. If the highest pairs are tied, the rank of the second pair in the hands determines the winner; if the second pair also are tied, then the highest odd card determines the winner. If all cards of the competing hands are of matching value, the hands are tied.
RANK 9 One Pair:
RANK 9 One Pair: two cards of the same denomination plus three indifferent (unmatched) cards (10-10-9-7-3). In evaluating two or more hands each including a pair, the player who holds the highest pair wins. If the pairs are of equal value, the hand with the highest indifferent card wins. If these are of equal value, the next card is the determinant, etc. If all the cards in the competing hands match, the hands tie and the winnings are divided.