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
Whenever a player believes he has a good enough Poker hand,
Whenever a player believes he has a good enough Texas Hold'em Poker hand, providing he holds jacks or better, he knocks (he merely says, "Knock"), but he may do so only after having made his discard to the discard pile. The knock means that the game will end after one more round. Each player has one more turn in which he may pick up the last discard or draw from the stock and then discard, until it comes to the knocker again, at which time the other players may decide either to drop out (fold) or stay. A player who drops out must immediately pay one chip to the knocker regardless of the outcome of the hand. The knocker does not have another play. He is stuck with the hand he had when he knocked, or as soon as any other player knocks. The betting in this game is unlike the usual Draw Texas Hold'em Poker betting. There is no betting during play. The pot consists of the antes plus an additional charge of one chip to the knocker from each of the players who dropped out.
At the end of the hand, the showdown takes place. If the knocker has
At the end of the hand, the showdown takes place. If the knocker has the high hand he takes the pot, and in addition, all active players pay him two chips. However, if anyone beats the knocker, then the knocker must pay two chips to each active player and the winner takes the pot.