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
Blockout: Parts of the design are blocked out with white ink, or
Blockout: Parts of the design are blocked out with white ink, or some configuration in the design is exaggerated slightly. This is especially useful on cards whose back designs are claimed to be mark-proof—those with overall designs and no white border. An example of this is the Bee card, whose back design is a simple overall pattern of diamond shapes. Certain diamonds are made smaller or larger by blocking out.
Shading: White areas of the card are delicately shaded with a dilute
Shading: White areas of the card are delicately shaded with a dilute solution of the marking ink. A good marked-card man can read it from across the table.