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
If this position is secured correctly, the tips of
If this position is secured correctly, the tips of the left thumb and second finger touch the right thumb, as all three are at the same corner of the pack and almost the whole of the pack is exposed. To palm, grip the bottom cards at the lower outer corner with the tip of the left second finger, squeezing them in against the palm under the left thumb, and pulling them down over end of right thumb about a quarter of an inch. See Fig.
39 on page 87. This will cause the upper end corner
39 on page 87. This will cause the upper end corner of the lower packet to project a little at the side, under the right third finger. Catch the projecting corner with the right little finger tip, pressing the cards firmly against the palm under the left thumb, at the same time straightening out the fingers of the left hand, until the cards lie fairly along the left palm. See Fig.