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
Expert Play: The Art of Counting Cards.
Expert Play: The Art of Counting Cards. The contest is a friendly Seven-Card stud texas hold'em poker game in your home with four of your good buddies. Your opponents are average texas hold'em poker players, each having $200 in chips. The stakes: $5 ante, $25 maximum bet, checking and raising allowed, 3 raises maximum. You’re an experienced thoughtful player, who loves to play poker. You have $200 in chips. You’re learning to remember and count the cards being played in a poker game.
Card progression: (Hidden Cards) (Open Cards)
Card progression: (Hidden Cards) (Open Cards) Player 1: X X A. Player 2: X X A. Player 3: X X A. Player 4: X X A. You: 10. 10. 2. Hidden Thought: You’re happy about having hidden “Pocket Tens,” which are acceptable starting cards in this “family-type” of online hold'em poker game. You note none of the other players can have paired their Aces. First round betting: You bet $5, a forced bet. All four players call, totaling $25 in the “family-style” pot.