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
The dealer flipped
The dealer flipped over the turn card making a board showing: A. J. A. 10.. The Small Blind checked. The Big Blind bet $8. Holding K. J., I called the $8 bet, as did the Small Blind. Three of us were still contending for the pot, which now held $64. The dealer turned over the river card making a board showing: A. J. A. 10. A.. Hidden thought: I have Aces Full over Jacks and if another player has me beat I thought I would get the big part (50%) of the Bad Beat Jackpot, that is if I don’t win the hand! Either way I was a winner, I was excited.
Poker Stories with Winning Lessons
Poker Stories with Winning Lessons I was so happy I showed the kind fellow sitting next to me my hand. He took one look at it and told me to throw the hand away. He clearly said, I should muck my hand! I looked at him in disbelief, “What! Throw this hand away? Screw you!” “Yeah,” he said. “Muck it, quick!!” “No way, are you crazy!” “Throw it away,” he begged, “Please!” “No way,” I said as I glared daggers at him. The Big Blind bet $8. The Small Blind called $8. I raised $8. Both players cautiously looked at me and limply called my $8 raise. The pot contained $ 112.