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
First round of betting:
First round of betting: George Washington, bets $1 in gold coin, a forced bet. Adams and Jefferson both fold. Benjamin Franklin calls $1 gold. Tom Payne moans about not getting any good cards and folds. He’s always complaining about something. Forcefully throwing his cards into the muck. He shows himself to be a poor sport at the poker table.
You call $1 gold.
You call $1 gold. You’re now playing against General George Washington and Dr. Benjamin Franklin, two excellent sports and clever poker players.