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
Show face of deck to company, then turn it down, and
Show face of deck to company, then turn it down, and with tips of third and little fingers slide the bottom card half an inch or so towards wrist see Fig. 97, and draw the next card out at end with right hand fingers. Of course this has the appearance of drawing off the card just shown to the company.
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a01671.gif FIG 97 It is a form of exchange that may be occasionally employed. FAVORITE SLEIGHTS FOR TERMINATING TRICKS Catching Two Cards at Fingertips.A favorite manner of terminating a trick that requires the production of two selected cards is to bring one to top and one to bottom, then toss the deck in the air a yard or so straight upwards, retaining the top and bottom cards by pressure and friction of thumb and fingers, then thrusting the hand among the cards as they descend, apparently finding the selected cards in the act.