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
There's a foolproof defense against the two-handed running false
There's a foolproof defense against the two-handed running false cut and the crimp—the Scarne Cut (see page 257). This is guaranteed to force the cheats to find themselves another game where the Scarne Cut is not employed.
How to Spot Stacking the Deck
How to Spot Stacking the Deck There are various methods of stacking Poker hands during the shuffle. The "riffle shuffle stack" is the most difficult of all card-stacking methods, but the sharper who has perfected it is capable of fleecing the most seasoned Poker players. If, at Draw, Stud, or any of their variants you detect an opponent using this cheating method, beware: you are up against a practiced, unscrupulous and perhaps even dangerous card mechanic.