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
See Fig.
See Fig. 24. Draw back the top card with the left thumb, and at the same instant seize the bottom card instead with the right thumb and second finger and deal it in the usual manner. Sec Fig. 25. This can be done so perfectly that the quickest eye cannot detect the ruse.
It requires some practice.
It requires some practice. The main thing is to understand the action thoroughly and hold the deck correctly. The position is an excellent one for ordinary dealing, and should never be changed. The corner pressed against the palm should be as far from the wrist as possible.