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
This enables the left thumb to aid in forming the break
This enables the left thumb to aid in forming the break the instant the two packets are brought together. The right hand packet is placed on top with a sidling movement instead of straight down, which greatly facilitates the forming of the break, and also prevents the sound from indicating that a space is held. There is nothing difficult about the performance of these blinds.
With a perfect understanding, they can be fairly well
With a perfect understanding, they can be fairly well executed on the first attempt. This method of blind cutting is particularly adapted for working in with the blind rime. It appears to assist in mixing the cards, and inspires the most positive conviction of good faith in the performance.