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
Professionals use position to pick up numerous pots
Professionals use position to pick up numerous pots with the worst hand. Suppose everyone has 100BBs and a straightforward player raises from middle position. If you are on the button with any sort of hand, calling should always be an option. Say you have 9-7o and decide to call. Facing a continuation bet on a flop like A-4-2 or K-6-4, you should usually either call or raise. Folding is generally bad because your opponent has to have at least a king to continue.
If you call the flop, known as floating,
If you call the flop, known as floating, you should fold most turns if he bets again and bet every time he checks to you. If you raise the flop, you should usually raise between 2.5 and 3 times your opponent’s bet. You can easily fold if he re-raises, or if he calls your raise and bets the turn. Remember that putting a small play on someone doesn’t commit you to going all-in on a maniacal bluff.