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
When being crimped the cards are placed together, so
When being crimped the cards are placed together, so that all will be bent alike. The deal or throw is performed as follows Lay the three crimped cards in a row on the table face down Pick up one of the indifferent cards, by the ends, near the right side corners, with the right hand thumb and second finger, and show the face of this card to the players. Now place this card fairly over the ace, letting the left sides of the two cards touch, and pick up the ace with the thumb and the third finger.
Now the right hand holds the two cards, their left
Now the right hand holds the two cards, their left side edges touching, and about half an inch of space between the opposite sides the top card being held by the second finger and thumb, and the bottom card, or ace, by the third finger and thumb. Show the ace to the company, keep the right hand suspended about six inches from the table, pick up the third card with the left hand, and show it to the company. See Fig.