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
The ten ranked hands, but not their probabilities, however, are
The ten ranked hands, but not their probabilities, however, are based on a full game comprised of six to nine players with an average of four or five players staying for the flop. Some of these hands become more valuable with fewer players, others with more players. Example: Low pairs, possible straights and flushes become more valuable with four or five players; high-valued pairs become less valuable. The ace and king predominate in the above-listed hands and are more powerful if they are of the same suit in a hand. A player holding ace and king of the same suit not only has a possibility of making the highest pairs, but also for a straight or flush ace high.
A pair of aces, kings, queens, or ace, king of the same suit deserve a
A pair of aces, kings, queens, or ace, king of the same suit deserve a raise before the flop, and the reasons are as follows. First, you tend to narrow down the number of active opponents, thereby improving your chances of winning the pot. Second, you increase the money in the pot with a good hand.