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
snow
snow 1.To play a worthless hand misleadingly in draw poker in order to bluff. 2.The worthless hand in question. soft-play To intentionally go easy on a player (e.g. not betting or raising against him when you usually would). Soft play is expressly prohibited in most card rooms, and may result in penalties ranging from forced sit-outs to forfeiture of stakes or winnings. soft break Exchanging a large bill or chip into both chips and cash, when a player buys in. The cash is returned to the player and thus not in play.
splash the pot
splash the pot To throw one's chips in the pot in a disorderly fashion. Not typically allowed, because the dealer can't tell how much has been bet. split See main article: split and high-low split. split two pair In community card poker, a two pair hand, with each pair made of one of your hole cards, and one community card. spread The range between a table's minimum and maximum bets. spread-limit A form of limit poker where the bets and raises can be between a minimum and maximum value. The spread may change between rounds.