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
1. Play or stay, by putting into the pot an amount equal to the
1. Play or stay, by putting into the pot an amount equal to the previous bettor's. 2. Drop, fold up, or go out, by throwing the three cards he is holding face down into the discard pile. 3. Raise, by putting into the pot an amount equal to the previous bettor's plus an additional amount within the limit. 4. Reraise, provided a previous player has raised. This is done by putting into the pot an amount to equal the raiser's plus an additional amount. Any active player can reraise the reraiser by putting into the pot an amount equal to the reraiser's plus an additional amount, etc.
A player cannot check after a bet has been made. Any player who
A player cannot check after a bet has been made. Any player who had previously checked must abide by the above four rules. This procedure is followed until only one player is left in the game and he wins the pot, or two or more active players remain in the game and all bets have been met by the remaining players.