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
The cards to be concealed are transferred to the back
The cards to be concealed are transferred to the back of the hand. Hold the card in the right hand face up between the tip of the thumb at one end and tips of second and third fingers at opposite end, the first a01432.gif FIG 78 Joints of the first and little fingers hold the sides. See Fig.
77. To make the palm slip the tips of the second
77. To make the palm slip the tips of the second and third fingers under the end of the card and curl them down until they come under the thumb, at the same time pushing the card outward with the thumb until the inner corners reach the first and little fingers, which hold it in position. See Fig. 78. Now, straighten out the four fingers, clipping the corners of the card between the little and third fingertip's and the first and second fingertips, and the card lies along the back of the hand.