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
underfull
underfull A full house made where the three of a kind has lower-ranking cards than the pair. I had the underfull when the flop came A-A-5 and I had pocket 5's in the hole. Can be beaten by the "big full". up When used with a card rank to describe a poker hand, refers to two pair with the named card being the higher pair. For example, a hand of QQ885 might be called "queens up". upcard A card that is played face up. See main article: upcard.
upswing
upswing A period during which a player wins more (or loses less) than expected. See also: Up 'downswing'. up the ante Increase the stake. Also commonly used outside the context of poker. upstairs See raise. value bet A bet made by a player who wants it to be called (as opposed to a bluff or protection bet). This is typically because he has a superior hand that he expects to win at showdown, or a very good draw for which he can increase his pot equity by more than the amount of his bet. See value.