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
How to Spot a False Shuffle
How to Spot a False Shuffle The ability to appear to be shuffling a deck while keeping some or all of the cards in their original positions is an absolutely essential weapon in the arsenal of the accomplished card sharp. The most popular and most deceptive of the false shuffles is the "pull through," a dazzling and completely crooked shuffle which doesn't alter the position of a single card.
When a hand of cards has been completed, the cheat scoops up the
When a hand of cards has been completed, the cheat scoops up the tabled cards, taking special care not to disturb hands or discards which he wants and which he places on either the top or bottom of the pack. This shuffle is also used when a cold (stacked) deck has been switched into the game which must be shuffled without disturbing its prearrangement.