Tips for your next poker game, even if it is just a friendly family poker game.

 SOME CARD PLAYERS SUPERSTITIONS
    
 

IF YOU HAVE HAD A RUN OF BAD CARDS, IT IS SAID. TO CHANGE YOUR LUCK, LAY YOUR HANKIE FLAT ON YOUR CHAIR AND SIT ON IT.

TO ALTER THE RUN OF THE CARDS, TURN YOUR CHAIR AROUND THREE TIMES OR WALK AROUND IT THREE TIMES.

IT IS CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK TO BLOW ON THE CARDS WHEN YOU ARE SHUFFLING THEM.

THE LUCKIEST SEAT IS THE ONE WHICH FACES THE DOOR; THE MOST UNLUCKY SEAT IS ONE THAT HAS ITS BACK TO A FIRE PLACE.

WHEN CUTTING FOR A DEAL, IF YOU TURN UP THE DEUCE OF ANY SUIT, IT IS GOOD LUCK.

IF TWO PACKS OF CARDS ARE USED AND YOU ARE ASKED WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO DEAL WITH, ALWAYS CHOOSE THE ONE FURTHEREST AWAY FROM YOU.

THE MOST UNLUCKY CARD TO HOLD IN ONE'S HAND IS THE FOUR OF CLUBS.

NEVER PICK-UP YOUR CARDS WITH YOUR LEFT HAND, OR ONE CARD AT A TIME.

HAVING A DOG IN THE ROOM WHILE PLAYING CARDS IS SAID TO CAUSE DISPUTES

IT IS VERY UNLUCKY TO SIT CROSS-LEGGED WHEN PLAYING CARDS.

IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE SEATS AT THE TABLE, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS MOVE IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION, THAT IS, FROM RIGHT TO LEFT.

FRIDAY IS CONSIDERED BY SOME TO BE A BAD DAY FOR CARD PLAYING, WHILE THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF ANY MONTH IS CONSIDERED UNLUCKY PERIOD.

IF YOU ARE PLAYING A GAME THAT INVOLVES A PARTNER AND THEY SHOULD LOSE A GAME OR A TRICK, NEVER SAY "BAD LUCK" OR YOUR LUCK WILL NOT CHANGE.

NEVER PLAY AND CONTINUALLY STACK AND RE-STACK YOUR WINNINGS DURING A GAME, IT DRIVES THE OTHER PLAYERS NUTS, AND IS TAKEN AS A CLUE OF YOUR BLUFFING ABILITIES, OR COCKINESS- ONE SHOULD NEVER COUNT THEIR WINNINGS UNTIL THE GAME IS OVER. ***(I ADDED THIS ONE IN AS MY PERSONAL OPINION)