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
A forced bet in stud games.
A forced bet in stud games. In the first betting round, the holder of the worst (lowest or highest, depending) upcard must post a bring-in bet. The bring-in bet is typically a quarter to a third of a small bet. The bring-in bettor may look at his cards, and place a full bet if he deems it wise. broadway
A 10 through ace straight.
A 10 through ace straight. Can also include any group of cards from 10 to ace- i.e. I had position and two broadway cards (king-queen), so I called to see the flop. brush