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
Resplitting
Resplitting If the cards of a post-split hand have the same value, most games allow the holdem player to split again, or "resplit". The holdem player places a further stand and the dealer separates the new pair dealing a further card to each as before. Some games allow unlimited resplitting, while others may limit it to a certain number of hands, such as four hands (for example, "resplit to 4").
Hit/resplit split aces
Hit/resplit split aces After splitting aces, the common rule is that only one card will be dealt to each ace; the holdem player cannot split, double, or take another hit on either hand. Rule variants include allowing resplitting aces or allowing the holdem player to hit split aces. Games allowing aces to be resplit are not uncommon, but those allowing the holdem player to hit split aces are extremely rare. Allowing the holdem player to hit hands resulting from split aces reduces the house edge by about 0.13%; allowing resplitting of aces reduces house edge by about 0.03%. Note that a ten-value card dealt on a split ace (or vice versa) is a "soft 21" and not a "natural".