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
The Final Show Down:
The Final Show Down: (First three cards) (3 board cards) (Hidden last card) You: A. A. 2. 9. Q. 9. J. Player 5: 7. 8. A. 3. Q. K. 10.
You have Two Pair,
You have Two Pair, Aces over Nines. Your opponent wins with a 6-card Flush! You didn’t even think he had a 5-card Flush. You wonder out loud,” How come you didn’t bet the Flush when you had it after 6 cards? He looks at you, “I never play the same hand exactly the same way. I know you’re a good player and good players always count the outstanding cards and calculate the odds of a draw toward making a Straight or a Flush. I was counting on you having Spades under and on your careful counting of the exposed Spades. I wanted you to think I was bluffing. I was trying to get some extra bets at the final show