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General Tips

1. If your hand is in danger to free or cheap cards do not slowplay your hand.
2. If you don't know stop and think it over. You should never put money into the pot before you know where you stand.
3. If you are in a game of 7 Card Stud with a group of loose or novice players that hardly ever raise the opening bet and tend to check along until they get a decent hand, you might consider an unraised call with such hands as two suited wheel cards with an
4. We can't emphasize enough the importance of keeping a poker face while betting, and not giving any clues about how good (or bad) your hand is.
5. You benefit from reading the board of house rules present in most cardrooms. This can usually be found hanging on the wall. It tells you everything you'll need to know to sit down and play, as well as any particularities that you might not find in other cardrooms.



Glossary

1. Side Cards--Cards that do not influence the value rank of a hand.
2. Play the Board - To show down a hand in hold'em when your cards don't make a hand any better than is shown on the board. For instance, if you have 22, and the board is 4-4-9-9-A (no flush possible), then you must "play the board" - the best possible hand you can make doesn't use any of your cards. Note that if you play the board, the best you can do is to split the pot with all remaining players.
3. Wheel--See Bicycle.
4. BIG BET POKER: Another term for pot-limit and no-limit poker.
5. Gardena Razz--See Razz (2).



Strategy

1. When used at the right times, bluffing can be the key to winning. To bluff successfully takes practice and a great deal of subtlety.
2. Poker is not only about tips and strategy, poker is about practice.
3. Be observant, absorb and learn. You can pick up on some of your opponents' tendencies by throwing away a few hands. Remember, you want to win, not win fast.
4. Theoretically, there is a chance of winning without coincidence in Texas Hold’em; you can win by simply having the highest cards, when nobody has a pair or other combinations, just dissimilar cards of mixed suit.
5. Come to the poker table with an adequate amount of cash.