The Importance of Bottom Cards in Shuffling

Video Transcript

"So I'm dealing along, dealing some hands out and something happens and I go like this, right. You can see that the bottom card is a jack. There is a way to prevent that and you seen it in casinos, it is called a bottom card. Here is the way it works. Let's say I've done my shuffling it's time to cut, just cut the deck right on to the joker of another deck of cards from the same brand that is a different color. Cut it right on there and you can easily deal without exposing the card that is on the bottom cause you got your little bottom card there. See how convenient that is? It protects everyone at the table making sure that no one has more information than any other opponent."