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.
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Mother, always the peacekeeper steps in, “No more raising, you two, this is a friendly game.” So, you and Missy both agree to a friendly showdown. You turn your cards over, “Sorry, Missy, I have an Ace-High Club Flush.” “That’s a very good hand, Dad, but I think a Full House, Aces Full over Tens beats a Flush.”
Online Hold'em Poker Stories with Winning Lessons You’re shocked having been beaten by a Full House. You never saw it coming. You weren’t alert enough in the play of the hand. You lost and you feel bad, you feel foolish, humiliated by your very own pretty young teenage daughter. You take a deep breath. Still, you want to show Junior how to be a good sport, so you politely respond, “Excellent hand, Missy,” as you collect and mix the cards with down cast dejected eyes.