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Varieties of poker games differ from
one another in how much information about opponents
hands is revealed and when.
The obvious source of information is the up-cards that
have been dealt, unless of course you are playing draw
Poker. Either too much or too little information about
opponents’ hands is likely to lead to infrequently
contested pots.
When a lot of information has been revealed, one hand
will appear clearly dominant and will thus take only
a small pot when the other players fold. This kind of
dilemma is often present in stud Poker.
On the other hand, (as is the case in draw Poker, which
reveals little information), large contested pots occur
only when two players think they have very strong hands.
Too little information does however have one advantage
over too much: it makes successful bluffing a realistic
possibility, and probably explains why draw Poker was
one of the classic games of the old style, inscrutable,
Poker faced players of fiction.
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