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
As you can see, there is a lot of math and guessing involved
As you can see, there is a lot of math and guessing involved when deciding if you are getting the correct price to call a bet. You can figure out your equity in most poker situations, although the math gets quite tricky when you are dealing with implied odds and you have to account for every turn or river card. There is a lot written about EV online but this simple primer should be more than enough to get you on your way.
Pot Odds: Every time you consider calling a bet, you should think
Pot Odds: Every time you consider calling a bet, you should think about the pot odds you are getting. By the same note, any time you raise, you need to think about the pot odds your opponent will be getting. While it is important that you can determine your pot odds, it will become simple with experience. You don’t have to be 100-percent exact with your pot-odds calculations. If you can estimate decently well, you will have no problems.