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
To make the shift, curl the right first finger back
To make the shift, curl the right first finger back over the side of the deck, between the left little and third fingers, until the root of the finger nail rests against the edge of the top card. Now press the upper packet against the left thumb and downwards by straightening a01311.gif FIG 69 out the right first finger, at the same time drawing the lower packet to the right and upwards with the right thumb and second finger See Fig. 70, and as the sides clear each other tilt the left side of the lower or right hand packet up on top.
The upper packet should not fall into the left hand.
The upper packet should not fall into the left hand. It must be caught by the curled up first finger and first joints of the other left fingers, as it clears the side of the under packet. The left thumb never leaves its position against the side of the upper packet, and the tip should be held sufficiently above it to receive the lower packet as it is brought on top. The left little finger is not inserted between the two packets, but merely holds the break.