Poker 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
Mr. Y joined in and said, "Mr. Scarne, during the game I kept thinking
Mr. Y joined in and said, "Mr. Scarne, during the game I kept thinking I knew you from someplace. Now I remember, I saw your film, Cheating in Gambling, in a Paris theater a couple of months ago. In that film I saw a close-up of you dealing four of a kind to four different men and giving yourself a royal flush."
Mr. X turned to me and asked, "Mr. Scarne, how did you make me
Mr. X turned to me and asked, "Mr. Scarne, how did you make me deal those four royal flushes?" "Magicians never reveal their secrets," I replied. "However, if we all amble upstairs, I will demonstrate some card-cheating manipulations at the casino bar." That night I demonstrated my gambler's card-cheating techniques for two full hours while Mr. X and Mr. Y watched in amazement, as did a couple of dozen casino patrons who had left the gaming tables to watch my performance.