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
65, then push up the finger side of the fallen portion,
65, then push up the finger side of the fallen portion, with the first finger tip, until it reaches the thumb which is still supporting the upper portion. Now extend the second and third fingers slightly so that the thumb side of the upper portion will pass the upturned side of the lower portion see Fig. 66, then straighten out the first finger allowing the upper portion to drop down into the palm and the lower portion on top of it.
The little finger held at the middle of the end is
The little finger held at the middle of the end is of great assistance in this shift, giving better control of both portions, and enabling the performer to hold the deck much nearer a vertical position. The shift is invariably made with a slight swing, or up and down motion of the hand. It can be executed very rapidly, and is the favorite one handed shift with most experts.