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
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a01371.gif FIG 75 With the left little finger against the side of card, swing or turn it inwards, using the right thumb as a pivot, straighten out left first, second, and third fingers, catching the outer end as it turns, and at the same time sliding pack outwards and to the right, the left hand turning over and inwards with the palmed card see Fig. 75 and the little finger slipped to the end. There should be no force or twist employed, the card running out as freely as though drawn.
The card and the deck must continue on the same plane
The card and the deck must continue on the same plane until quite free of each other. The left little finger may press the side of the card very slightly upwards, so that as it is palmed it will bend into instead of away from the left hand. As the card is being turned by the little finger the left thumb is raised, letting the right thumb with the corner of deck pass under it, so that the card can lie parallel with, but still above, the left palm.