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
On completion of the betting round, the dealer turns the second
On completion of the betting round, the dealer turns the second community card face up in the center of the table, and another betting round takes place. This procedure is followed until the five community cards in the center of the table are face up and five betting rounds have taken place. On the showdown, each active player must select his hand from his own five cards and the five community cards shown face up in the center of the table. In other words, he selects the best hand of five cards out of a total of ten—five in his hand and five face up in the center of the table.
Since the player selects the best hand of five cards
Since the player selects the best hand of five cards out of a total of ten, a straight may win a pot, and a high flush has about an equal chance of winning a pot.