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
Furthermore, there are 1 1/3 as many flushes and straight flushes
Furthermore, there are 1 1/3 as many flushes and straight flushes and two times as many straights as are found in Draw Texas Hold'em Poker minus the bug. It now should be obvious to the reader that, should he hold an ace and the bug before the draw, he is the boss man and should raise the limit. On the other hand, when you don't possess the bug, the odds favor an opponent's holding the bug, and you must play cautiously. And since check and raise is permitted, be on the alert for players "backing in." There is no advantage in making two-card draws to possible flushes or straights. Should you possess the bug and three adjacent cards of the same suit, you should raise regardless of the number of active players left when you possess a 19-way or 22-way hand. The best time to bluff is before the draw.
Now that you have a general idea which hands to play
Now that you have a general idea which hands to play and which not to play, don't ever forget that California Draw Online Hold'em Poker is a game of aces. To further improve your game to the expert level, I suggest you study the tips, hints, subterfuges, bits of strategy and warnings described under General Strategy, Chapter 4.