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
Replacing Palm When Cutting.As
Replacing Palm When Cutting.As a general rule the card expert will not hold out except on his own deal for the cut however, we shall describe an exception that is at times worked successfully. The player on the dealer's right may hold out a palm in either hand, and replace it when given the deck to cut. In games wherein the whole deck is dealt, the hold out is usually palmed in the right hand back to palm.
When the deck is received he makes a running cut, seizing
When the deck is received he makes a running cut, seizing the deck by the ends in both hands. The first pass to take of the first small packet, is a blind, and the palmed cards are dropped on the table. Precisely the same movement is made as in taking off a small packet by the ends.