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
penny ante
penny ante Frivolous, low stakes, or "for fun" only; A game where no significant stake is likely to change hands. perfect The best possible cards, in a lowball hand, after those already named. For example, 7-perfect would be 7-4-3-2-A, and 8-6-perfect would be 8-6-3-2-A. pick-up When the house picks up cash from the dealer after a player buys chips.
play the board
play the board In games such as Texas hold 'em, where 5 community cards are dealt, if your best hand is on the board and you go to the showdown you are said to "play the board". PLO Pot limit Omaha. See main article Pot Limit Omaha. pocket cards See "hole cards".