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
First, place the deck flat on the table directly in front of you. Grab
First, place the deck flat on the table directly in front of you. Grab the deck on the extreme ends with both hands, thumbs and fingers opposite each other, tips resting on the table. Pull about half the cards (about a 26-card packet) off the top of the deck with your right hand while holding the bottom half with your left hand. Then place the top half flat on the table end to end with the bottom half.
Second, let go of both packets and shift your left and right hand
Second, let go of both packets and shift your left and right hand grips to the packet ends nearest each other and riffle (interlace) the packets together by running your thumbs up the sides of each packet.