Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
If the order be 6, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, the action of
If the order be 6, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, the action of getting them all together will be much the same as though they were but two cards at 6, 4. If the order were 5, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 7, 1, the action would be about the same as a three-card cull shuffle, though there are nine desired cards actually run down to the bottom. To Cull Nine Cards, Numbers 5, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 7, 1. Under-cut about one-third deck, in-jog first card and shuffle off. Under-cut to in-jog and run one less than first number, in-jog running all cards to and including last card of second set.
This run is nine, four in first set, two indifferent
This run is nine, four in first set, two indifferent cards, three in second set. Out-jog running one less than next number six, and throw on top. This places first two sets at top and bottom of middle packet, and third set on top.