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.
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Poker Stories with Winning Lessons
Texas Hold'em Poker Stories with Winning Lessons Final round of betting: You think it over for a split second and bet 5 cents. Mother looks at you again, long and hard, and she finally and quietly says, “If this hand is so important you would raise and raise and raise your own wife, I’ll let you win. I fold my hand! I know I have the winning hand, but to me poker is just a game. Cards are supposed to be for fun and recreation; other things, like my husband’s happiness is more important to me than winning at poker!”
Mother shows her hole cards
Mother shows her hole cards as she folds her hand. She folds the Q. J. 9.. Mother had a Royal Flush, an unbeatable hand, yet she folded her hand because she wanted her husband to be “happy.” You’re stunned. Your Full House is easily beaten by her Royal Flush. Many people have played online hold'em poker for decades and have never drawn a Royal Flush. Yet, Mother throws the hand away. Still and all, you’re happy to “win” the hand.