1. Do you have the initiative?

• With the initiative or without?
  
• Keep up the action with good hands
• Draws on the river are worthless

By now you have become acquainted with the strategy for the first two betting rounds. But the battle isn't over yet as two more rounds lie ahead of you, the turn and the river. How you play in these rounds will be explained now.

The best way to play depends, among other things, on what you have done after the flop. Did you set the tone, or are you on the defensive?

You have the initiative

To have the initiative means that you were the last player to bet or raise post-flop. You set the tone and represented a strong hand.

You do not have the initiative

The opposite is the case if you were not the last to act in the previous round, but another player placed the last bet or raise.