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
Dandolos, "Nick the Greek," 76, 191, 243
Dandolos, "Nick the Greek," 76, 191, 243 Darnell and Company, 191 Dead hands, in Five Card Stud, 184 Deal, in Draw Poker, 90 see also Dealing Dealer passing turn of, 55 selection of, 50 shuffling or dealing by, 61 Dealer's Choice, 23, 59-60 Dealer's edge, in Draw Poker, 90 Dealing, 51-52 exposed card in, 185 improper, 185 Deaths, from Poker game tension, 84 Deck, stacking of, 255-57 see also Cards; Cheating; Marked cards Declaring, in High-Low Poker, 45- 46 Dempsey, Jack, 190 Dempsey-Tunney fight, 191 Deuces Wild, 23, 121-22 hands possible with, 122, 170-71 Diamond, Jack ("Legs"), 190 Discards before drawing, 55 looking at, 56-57, 187 Dr. Pepper Stud, 236 Double-ace flush, 43 Double Trouble, 155
Douglas, Mike, 257
Douglas, Mike, 257 Draw Poker, 89-104 ante in, 52, 90 Anything Opens variation, 116-17 basic variants of, 106-20 betting after draw, 92-93, 103-04 betting in, 94-95 betting limits in, 96-97 betting out of turn in, 95 blind openers in, 115-16 bluffing in, 104 "burning" top card in, 92, 264 California law and, 20 California type, see California Draw Poker Canadian, 121 cards used in, 89 deal in, 90 Deuces Wild in, 121-22 draw in, 92 English, see English Draw Poker exposed cards in, 94 false openers in, 95-96 foul or dead hands in, 96 High-Low, 135-36 High-Low Declare, 136 High-Low Split, 143-44 Draw Poker (cont.) Italian High-Low, 148 improper fold-up in, 96 Joker Wild variation, 119-20 kicker in, 102-03 license for, 20