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
double-board, double-flop
double-board, double-flop Any of several community card game variants (usually Texas hold 'em) in which two separate boards of community cards are dealt simultaneously, with the pot split between the winning hands using each board. double-draw Any of several Draw poker games in which the draw phase and subsequent betting round are repeated twice.
double raise The minimum raise in a no-limit or pot-limit game,
double raise The minimum raise in a no-limit or pot-limit game, raising by just the amount of the current bet. double suited An Omaha hold 'em starting hand where two pairs of suited cards are held, e.g. two spades and two diamonds. May be abbreviated "ds" in written descriptions. AAJT (ds) is widely considered a premium pot-limit Omaha hold 'em starting hand. double up, double through In a big bet game, to bet all of one's chips on one hand against a single opponent (who has an equal or larger stack) and win, thereby doubling your stack. I was losing a bit, but then I doubled through Sarah to put me in good shape.