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
Casino Poker: My Poker Teacher Joe.
Casino Poker: My Poker Teacher Joe. Joe was a regular at the casino. He was a consistent winner at Texas Hold’em, an expert player, street smart, worldly, and philosophical. He tended to be very quiet most of the time, win his share of money, and quietly go home. He always spoke in a soft voice and his large nervous eyes never missed a trick. He never played poker for a long extended period of time. He never played late at night. On occasion, I would try and talk to Joe. He was always polite but usually said very little.
One day, I got Joe
One day, I got Joe to actually smile. Using one of my silly jokes, I asked Joe “What do you call someone else’s cheese? Joe replied, “I don’t know.” I answered, “Nacho cheese.” He smiled. On another day, I asked Joe if I could sit next to him during a live