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
When you are ahead in the hand
When you are ahead in the hand but feel that your opponent is on a draw, it is important to make a bet large enough so he will not be priced in to make the call.
You will first need to estimate
You will first need to estimate how many outs he has and then calculate his odds of catching one. Then it is simply a matter of betting an amount that is large enough to keep him from getting correct pot odds.