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
Fifth round of betting:
Fifth round of betting: Dr. Benjamin Franklin checks. Hidden Thought: Great! He checked, showing weakness! Now, what should you do? Call and show your hand or bet your hand? You think fast and before making your decision to: call, or bet, you ask Dr. Franklin, “Doctor, do you have me beat?
The good doctor answers
The good doctor answers ”No, I’m afraid Kings and Queens will not win this pot, nor for that matter, will they win this new great country of ours. I believe you have a Straight and my hand of Kings and Queens is beaten. You know, I honestly would like to keep our newly established country, the soon to be United States of America, just like this poker hand of ours, with Kings and Queens always losing out and beaten.