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
Poker Stories with Winning Lessons
Texas Hold'em Poker Stories with Winning Lessons You win the pot of 15-cents. Note 10 cents of the pot was your own money. The Second Hand: Card Progression: (Hidden Cards) (Open Card) Player 1: X X 2. Player 2: X X J. Player 3: X X Q. Player 4: X X K. Player 5: X X A. You: 3. 4. 3.
Hidden Thought:
Hidden Thought: You think, a rather marginal playing hand, but you plan to bet or even raise because you want to be seen as an active free-wheeling player at the start of the game. In addition, you observe you have a small pair with a possible Straight draw and a possible Club Flush draw (no clubs are out and the remaining two Threes are still available or “live cards.”)