In my last “Casino Poker for Beginners” article, I began a discussion of the important concept of “protect your hand.” The phrase has several different meanings in poker, a few of which I covered there. Let’s finish up the subject of poker room cards with a few more examples of situations when it is important to protect your hand.
Don’t walk away
Several pop music songs have used those words as a title, including ones by Jade and Michael Jackson, but what I have in mind is simpler — don’t walk away from the table while in the middle of a hand of poker.