Poker 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
Making a Bet
Making a Bet In front of your place at the table, you will find a box or a circle for your bets. Before each hand, place your bet into this allocated area in one stack. If you are betting with chips of different values, those with a higher value go at the bottom of the stack. Once the cards are dealt, you may not touch your bet. If you need to know how much you have bet for doubling or splitting (explained later) the dealer will count them down for you. Once the hand is over, the dealer will move around the table paying winners and collecting chips from losing hands. After the dealer has paid out, you may collect your chips from the circle and place your next bet. If you want to let your winnings ride, organize them into one stack and wait for the next hand to be dealt…
Cashing In
Cashing In When you’re finished playing you will want to cash in your chips. Take them to the cashier to exchange. But first, the dealer may want to ‘colour up’ your chips. This is simply the exchange of smaller denomination chips for larger-valued ones. Wait until the end of the hand. Push your chips out between betting boxes (so it can’t be confused for a bet). The dealer