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
let it slide a little across the left finger tips,
let it slide a little across the left finger tips, so that a jog is made by the bottom card or cards, which are prevented from going completely over. See Fig. 21. This is perfectly hidden by the right hand.
Square up the deck by the ends only and lay down to
Square up the deck by the ends only and lay down to be cut, thereby not disturbing the jog. The ally cuts with the left hand, seizing the upper packet by the sides, the left thumb easily and instantaneously locating the jog by touch. The action of both players must be rapid and careless in appearance, but not hurried.