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
satellite
satellite A tournament in which the prize is a free entrance to another (larger) tournament. scare card A card dealt face up (either to a player in a game such as stud or to the board in a community card game) that could create a strong hand for someone. The Jack of spades on the turn was a scare card because it put both flush and straight possibilities on the board.
scoop
scoop In high-low split games, to win both the high and the low halves of the pot. second pair In community card poker games, a pair of cards of the second-top rank on the board. Second pair is a middle pair, but not necessarily vice-versa. Compare bottom pair, top pair. sell In spread limit poker, to sell a hand is to bet less than the maximum with a strong hand, in the hope that more of your opponents will call the bet. semi-bluff When a player bluffs on one round of betting with an inferior or drawing hand that might improve in a later round. See main article: semi-bluff.