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 rapidity of the action is proportionate to the
The rapidity of the action is proportionate to the skill of the performer, and it may be made with the hand in any position. Second Method.The following process is another of our innovations, and it will be found easy, extremely a01561.gif FIG 91 rapid and without the least noise, a rare combination in one-handed manoeuvers.
Hold the deck in the left hand, one side resting on
Hold the deck in the left hand, one side resting on second joints of second and third fingers, tip of thumb a01562.gif FIG 92 on top side, first and little fingers at opposite ends. Slip the thumb over the side so that its tip rests against the bottom card, and push it up and over on top, the card turning over in transit, so that if it were face down at bottom it will be face up on top. See Figs.