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
Card progression: (Hidden Cards) (Open Card)
Card progression: (Hidden Cards) (Open Card) Player 1: X X 2. Player 2: X X 3. Player 3: X X 5. Player 4: X X 4. Player 5: X X Q. Player 6: X X 7. Player 7: X X 9. Jesse James: 2. 10. A. First round betting: Player 1, showing the 2., bets $2 (a forced bring-in bet by the lowest card on the board). Players 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, all fold.
Poker Stories with Winning Lessons
Poker Stories with Winning Lessons Jesse James, carefully looks around the table, calls and raises $10. Player 1 quickly folds. Jesse steals the pot, not with a gun, but with a large aggressive $10 bet. He can do this because he has a scare card, the A., and excellent position at the table. Being last to act. Jesse James becomes an expert thief.