Saturday, June 6, 2009

Step By Step Play (4&5) Cont.

Step 4: New Cards

Now that everyone has had a chance to leave the game, it’s now time to reconsider your hand. Anyone that hasn’t folded out of the game should consider their cards. If you don’t want any of your cards, you can get rid of them. You can then pick up some new cards in the hopes of getting a better hand overall.

You can get rid of up to three cards and pick up three additional cards. You must keep five cards in your hand. When you discard them, place them face down on the table near the other deck. No one gets to see what those cards are. No one should see which cards you are picking up newly either.

You don’t have to make any changes at this point with your hand.

The goal is to add value to your hand by getting rid of any cards that don’t play well with others. Perhaps you have two aces and would like to try for another. By getting rid of another card that doesn’t add any value to your hand, you may be able to pick up a good card.

Also, this is a key time to pay attention to what others are doing. How many are they picking up or getting rid of? What this will help to tell you is the potential strength of their hand. While you don’t know the numbers they have, you can tell what they are holding onto.

Once everyone has made their new picks, you can move on to the next round.

Step 5: The Next Round

Now that everyone has gone through and picked up new cards, a new round if betting is done. All players again start the bidding process just as they did in the first round. You will have the ability to open or check at your round, and then once someone places a bet on the round, you can see, raise or fold at your turn.

Again, the process follows the same as the last. When no one wants to raise or fold out of the game, the game is over.

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