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
Poker Stories with Winning Lessons
Poker Stories with Winning Lessons You win the pot of 15-cents. Note 10 cents of the pot was your own money. The Second Hand: Card Progression: (Hidden Cards) (Open Card) Player 1: X X 2. Player 2: X X J. Player 3: X X Q. Player 4: X X K. Player 5: X X A. You: 3. 4. 3.
Hidden Thought:
Hidden Thought: You think, a rather marginal playing hand, but you plan to bet or even raise because you want to be seen as an active free-wheeling player at the start of the game. In addition, you observe you have a small pair with a possible Straight draw and a possible Club Flush draw (no clubs are out and the remaining two Threes are still available or “live cards.”)