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
Calling Time
Calling Time A player must call time if he is not prepared to act at his turn of play. If one or more players have acted after a player has failed to act or to call time, he has forfeited his right to play and his hand is dead.
Passing the Deal
Passing the Deal A dealer cannot pass his turn to deal unless he is incompetent to deal the cards. When an incompetent player passes the deal, the player to the player's right becomes the substitute dealer. However, the substitute dealer must deal himself the first card and the incompetent player receives the last dealt card of that hand. In addition, the substitute dealer must speak first should he be required. Immediately after the substitute dealer's round of play has ended, the substitute dealer takes his proper turn as dealer.