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 That’s my sad story of how I lost a Bad Beat Jackpot holding K. J., a hand I should have mucked. Woe is me. “Please God, grant me the gift of patience, And give it to me—as soon as possible.” —Anonymous
Developing Poker Skills
Developing Poker Skills Playing poker at the professional level requires a large and varied mixture of skills, knowledge, and abilities. First, and of great importance, is patience. Professional poker players must be patient. They must be able to sit and wait for good cards. This is a must. Then, when the opportunity finally arises, they must play aggressively, betting, raising, re-rasing, and even check raising. They must bet and raise and re-raise and check-raise to get the most out of their good hands. Once they have established a well-recognized pattern of play,