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
However, as expected, it was a Poker-dealing trick that most
However, as expected, it was a Poker-dealing trick that most impressed the three big-time Poker players (Binion, Moss, Strauss) and it went as follows: As dealer, I shuffled the deck several times, then had the deck cut by Griffin and Binion. I picked up the cut deck and dealt everyone a five-card Poker hand, including myself. When the Poker hands were exposed, they each revealed four of a kind—but naturally, I held the four aces.
Upon completion of this Poker feat, Griffin turned to Benny Binion
Upon completion of this Poker feat, Griffin turned to Benny Binion and asked, "Mr. Binion, do you permit John Scarne to gamble at your Horseshoe Casino?"