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Knowing the proper way to shuffle will see you through card games and tricks galore.
Position the two stacks at a slight angle and close to each other so that your thumbs are nearly touching.
Lift the insides of both stacks with your thumbs while pushing down on the outsides with your fingers.
Move your thumbs slowly out from their positions under the stacks, alternately releasing one card at a time.
Form a single deck by pushing the shuffled cards into a uniform pile.
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Comments
Anonymous said
on 7/2/2006 Eight perfect riffle shuffles (perfect meaning the cards alternate left, right, left etc. and must be equal packets) will result in the deck returning to the starting order.
Anonymous said
on 3/21/2006 Hold the deck in the right hand (if you're right handed), then hold the cards like you would in a normal riffle shuffle; index finger on back of the deck, nail touching, thumb at the bottom of the deck and middle, ring finger and pinky on the top.
Step one: Place your left hand under the deck with middle ring and pinky touching, index out to the side and thumb near the bottom.
Step two): Start to riffle cards onto the left fingers until you've reached about half way, stop here and hold the cards up in the right hand and the others resting on the left.
Step three: Put your thumb on the bottom of the bottom half and pull down to separate decks.
Step four: Quickly switch the thumb for the index finger and put your thumb on the top of the deck (you should now have both hands ready for regular riffle shuffle).
With practice this can be performed followed by a riffle shuffle, followed by a riffle (to align all the cards) and then repeated for a really neat looking shuffle.
Anonymous said
on 2/12/2007 Mathematics shows that at least seven shuffles are needed to randomize the cards. More shuffles than that do not affect the randomness.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 While the cards are in two joined piles(but not pushed together), raise the hands a few inches off the table, holding the cards with all fingers under the sides of each pile with your thumbs on top. Still in position, bend
the cards in the shape of a rainbow and gently squeeze the cards. With practice, they should come shooting downward into both hands, card after card, in one neat pile or shuffled deck.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 My mom taught me to shuffle more than seven times in order to make them random. It also depends on the game you are playing. If you are playing crazy eights you might want to shuffle about 10-13 times.