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
Aside from his estimate of his opponents,
Aside from his estimate of his opponents, when the player first looks at his five dealt cards he knows nothing except: 1. The value of his own hand. 2. The mathematical composition of the 52-card deck. 3. The number of players he is out to beat.
Before he can make any judgment of his winning
Before he can make any judgment of his winning chances of the kind of hand he holds, he must consider the following factors: 1. The strength of the probable best hand among his opponents. 2. The chances of his bettering his own hand. 3. The likelihood of being outdrawn and losing the pot. 4. The probable size of the pot and what it will cost him to play. 5. Whether the strength of his hand calls for him to play or not to play.