Strategy for Poker!
1. Don't play without enough cash: as a rule of thumb, you should start with 40-50 times the table limit.
2. If you've got nothing in your hand, FOLD! Losers continue to 'see what they can get'
4. If you've got a cinch hand, make them pay to see it. Raise the Bet!
5. If they've got you beat on the board, FOLD!
6. The goal is to beat the other players, not have the highest hand. If everyone else folds, you take the pot.
7. Don't try to beat a better player: if you're lucky, you'll win small; if you're not, you'll lose big.
8. There's an even chance that you won't better your opening hand.
9. When it comes to Draw Poker Strategy we begin by considering the rank of the winning hands.
The more players at the table, the greater the chance that one or more players has a Pair, for example. In other words... the more players at the table, the lower the relative value of the lesser ranked hands.
If you haven't got a Pair or better, or four cards to a Flush or Straight, FOLD immediately.
Perhaps this last bit of advice needs some elaboration. What it comes down to is this: if you hold nothing in the opener your chances of improving and beating the other players are too slim. Of course this means that you'll fold most of your opening hands. Welcome to Draw Poker.
