Getting Your Hands to Balance. To increase your chances of creating melds & reduce your risk, you must keep your hand balanced. It can be risky to hold onto too many higsatta king kingh-value cards in case your opponent goes out before you have melded your own hand; on the other hand, holding onto too many low-value cards can restrict your ability to form sets and runs. Maintaining your competitiveness while monitoring possible dangers from other players is possible when you find a balance between these two extremes.