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
Erdnase to meet the requirements of the conjurer.
Erdnase to meet the requirements of the conjurer. THE ERDNASE LONGITUDINAL SHIFT The inventor's instructions for this pass are as follows Hold the deck in the left hand, face down, first joint of thumb at middle of one side, first joint of second finger and second joint of third finger at opposite side, and the lower corner of the deck fitting in between the third and little fingers, at the base of little finger, the first finger curled up against the bottom. Now bring the right hand over second, third and little fingers at outer end, first finger curled up on top, thumb at inner end. For outer, read upper and for inner, lower end.
Separate the deck with the right thumb at the inner
Separate the deck with the right thumb at the inner end only, about half an inch, and press the third joint of the little finger in between the corners of the two packets to be shuffled transposed? See Fig. 67 on page 131.1 To make the shift, bring the right thumb against the side of the first finger straighten out the first finger, press the end of the lower packet in against the left little finger, and down against the curled-up first finger with the four right hand fingers and with the left little finger and thumb draw off the upper packet towards the person see Fig.