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 Hidden Thought: You note that Bet Devlin’s has Four Aces, all right up there for all the world to see, sitting right there on the board, big as life. Four big bullets! You realize he can’t make a Straight Flush or a Royal Flush. You know he can’t beat you. You know dam well you have a “lock,” a guaranteed winner, the “mortal nuts,” after only 6 cards! As we say in Texas, “Wow, woowee, doggie!”
However, if you bet into his Four Aces
However, if you bet into his Four Aces Bet Devlin will know you have a Straight Flush. If he bets and you just call, he’ll think that you’ll only have a draw for a Straight Flush. So you must play it smart, just call his bet, for now. Look real worried, act really troubled. When he bets out on “the river,” pounce on him, make a monster raise right back at him, on that cold-hearted old “river.”