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
fish
fish A weak player in poker or chess. See also donkey. To chase draws holding weak hand. Especially when facing aggressive play by another player. five of a kind A hand possible only in games with wild cards, or a game with more than one deck, defeating all other hands, comprising five cards of equal rank. fixed limit, flat limit See main article: fixed limits.
flash
flash 1.Any card which becomes briefly exposed by accident to at least 1 player must be shown to all the players by the dealer during dealing. The card is said to be "flashed" to all players before being discarded to the muck pile. See also exposed. 2.Unintentionally showing the bottom of the deck if not using a cut-card (an opaque non-play card used to conceal the bottom of the deck) is considered flashing. 3.To show one or more downcards from one's hand. After everyone folded, Ted flashed his bluff to the other players.