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
The Cut
The Cut 1. After the cards have been shuffled, the dealer presents the pack to the player at his right to be cut. If he refuses to cut the cards, the player to that player's right has the privilege of cutting, etc. If all other players refuse to cut, the dealer must cut. It is mandatory. 2. At least ten cards must be in each of the cut packets should a player use a regular cut. Should he desire, a player may use the "Scarne Cut" (see page 257) or cut the deck more than once. After the cut, the cut portions must be squared or reunited and dealt as a complete pack. It is not permissible to pick up one cut portion of the pack and start dealing with it.
Asking for a New Cut
Asking for a New Cut If a player does not like the way the cards have been cut before the start of the deal because he doubts the legitimacy of the cut, or for any other reason, he may call for another cut; and any player other than the player calling for the new cut may cut the cards.