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
SELECTING THE DEALER AND ESTABLISHING
SELECTING THE DEALER AND ESTABLISHING SEATING POSITIONS AT THE TABLE 1. Any player shall by mutual or majority consent shuffle the cards, and the player to his right shall cut the deck. 2. The player acting as dealer shall deal one card to each player face up, starting with the player at his left, dealing clockwise around the table, and ending with himself. 3. The player dealt the highest card shall become the first dealer and select any seat he wants. 4. The player with the next highest card selects any remaining seat, the player with the third highest any remaining seat, etc. 5. In case of ties, each of the tied players shall be dealt a new card face up until the tie is broken. 6. At the completion of each hand the deal shall pass to the player at the immediate left of the player who dealt that round.
The Shuffle
The Shuffle The dealer shuffles the cards. Any player may call for a shuffle at any time before the cut, although the dealer has the privilege of shuffling the cards last.