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
ace-kicker:
ace-kicker: In poker, an Ace as an additional card to a hand with Three-of-a-Kind, Two Pair, or One Pair. live cards: Cards that are still in play, cards available to be drawn, cards not having been exposed.
bad-beat:
bad-beat: A hand beaten by the lucky draw of a miracle card. A good hand beat by an improbable draw. Big Blind: (1) The ante of the player two seats to the dealers left. (2) The player sitting two seats to the dealers left. big slick: Holding Ace-King in Texas Hold’em. blinds: A forced bet made without looking at cards (similar to an ante).