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
Once a player has made the last voluntary blind bet, each player
Once a player has made the last voluntary blind bet, each player after him may either fold, call or raise. When the turn of play reaches the blind and the straddle, who have previously contributed one and two units respectively, the units are counted as part of any call or raise bet they may choose to make.
When the turn of play reaches the blind,
When the turn of play reaches the blind, he counts his opening bet toward his call, and each straddler counts his previous bet toward his call. If all non-straddlers have dropped out when the blind's turn to play comes around again, he may drop, call or raise, and so may each successive straddler. If no one calls the last straddler, he wins the pot and everything in it. If one or more players call, and as soon as all player bets are equalized, players may either stand pat or draw one to four cards. Then a second betting interval takes place. The raise betting limit after the draw is four units regardless of the number of straddles.