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
Poker Stories with Winning Lessons
Poker Stories with Winning Lessons I bet $100 on my Three Nines Both Blinds folded. One player ahead of me called. The turn brought: 10. 9. 2. Q.. The player ahead of me checked. I bet $400. He called. Dealing the river card produced: 10. 9. 2. Q. J.. Now the player ahead of me bet $400. I had the sinking feeling he had me beat. But I loved my Three Nines. So, I made a mistake, I called.
The Final Showdown:
The Final Showdown: My opponent turned over K. K. giving him a winning King- High Straight. I mucked my hand calling out to the winner, “You must’ve read my bluff. Well played. Nice hand.”