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
Crimping for the Cut.The
Crimping for the Cut.The probability of the unsuspecting player cutting into a crimp is always kept in view. The process of crimping is fully explained under caption Indicating Location for the Cut. When crimping for the chance of the cut being made at that point, the bend is put in more forcibly, and sometimes if the company is not too fast, the two packets may be crimped in opposite directions, creating quite a space and thereby increasing the probabilities of the player unconsciously cutting into it.
The packets may be crimped concave, or convex, as thought
The packets may be crimped concave, or convex, as thought best for the player's mode of cutting, but the deck should be squared up perfectly and laid down accordingly. It is the rule for players to cut in about the same manner each time. That is, he cuts high, low or near the middle, and seizes the cards by the sides or ends.