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
You turn over your cards, Ace-Ace!!
You turn over your cards, Ace-Ace!! The dealer declares the hand a tie and splits the pot! You get exactly one-half of the entire pot.
But what happened to your Pair of Queens?
But what happened to your Pair of Queens? You look again at your hand. You wipe your eyes. Your Pair of Queens has magically become a Pair of Aces! You get half the pot. You count your chips and you have $351—exactly. You suddenly hear an announcement on the loud speaker, “All roads are now open.” A cheer comes up in the casino; everyone gets