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 last situation where you should look to fire a second barrel
The last situation where you should look to fire a second barrel is when the turn drastically changes the board. Say you raise with K-10 and your opponent calls in the small blind. The flop comes Q-8-3. Your opponent checks, you bet, and he calls. Bet again if the turn is an ace or king. It is rather interesting because when the king comes, you are hoping your opponent will put you on a bluff and when an ace comes, you are hoping he put you on an ace. Either way, this is a good way to balance.
Fire either turn because both drastically change the board.
Fire either turn because both drastically change the board. If your opponent had a queen, he no longer has top pair. Middle pairs also shrink up. If you have 5-4 instead of K-10, you should still fire the turn if an ace or king comes, hoping your opponent will fold.