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
flush draw
flush draw comes on turn. Compare to "blocker". dry board he texure of the community cards. A board is considered dry when the cards on the table mean that is unlikely or impossible that any player has made a strong hand like a straight or flush (e.g. because there are insufficient cards of the same suit). Compare to wet board. dry pot
A side pot
A side pot with no money created when a player goes all in and is called by more than one opponent, but not raised. If subsequent betting occurs, the money will go to the dry pot. duplicate To counterfeit, especially when the counterfeiting card matches one already present in one's hand. early position See position. eight or better