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Online Poker Shuffling Methods
Methods of Shuffling
As the reader obtains an understanding the art of “advantage playing” it will be seen that the old-fashioned or hand shuffle gives the greater possibilities for running up hands, selecting desirable cards and palming. Many players never use the “riffle,” that is shuffling on the table by springing the ends of two packets into each other, though this method is now by far the more prevalent among men who play for money. While the “riffle” cannot be employed for arranging the poker cards, save to a very limited extent, it is equally well adapted for retaining the top or bottom portion, or even the whole deck, in any prearranged order; and the “blind riffle” can be performed just as perfectly as the “blind” shuffle. A clever bottom dealer will usually employ the “riffle,” as he rarely takes the trouble of running up a hand.
His purpose in that respect is sufficiently answered by keeping the desired cards at the bottom. If he has an ally to “blind” cut, everything goes well, but if playing alone him must either palm the bottom cards for the cut or make a “shift” afterwards. The “shift” is very rarely attempted in any kind of knowing company, and it is awkward to make a palm when the “riffle” is used. The deck must be tilted on its side, and while the movement may pass as an effort at squaring up, it is not quite regular. The hand shuffle avoids the difficulty, as the deck is held naturally in easy position for palming, and not an instant is lost during the operation.
The hand shuffle is almost ideal for “stocking” and “culling,” and the curious or interested reader may learn how a perfect knowledge is maintained of the whereabouts of any particular cards, and how they are collected or separated, or placed in any desired positions, while the deck is being shuffled apparently without heed or design.
Primary Accomplishments
The first acquirement of the professional player is proficiency at “blind” shuffling and cutting. Perfection in performing the “blind” shuffle, whether the old-fashioned hand shuffle or the “riffle” supplemented by a thorough knowledge of “blind” cutting, makes it impossible for the smartest card handler living to determine whether the procedure is true or “blind.” This ability once acquired gives the expert ease and assurance in any kind of company, and enables him to lull into a state of absolute serenity the minds of many players who may be naturally suspicious. Nothing so completely satisfies the average card player as a belief that the deck has been thoroughly shuffled and genuinely cut.
Possibilities of the “Blind”
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Sometimes called Jacks and Reverse, or Jackson, this game proceeds exactly like ordinary Jacks. If no one opens for high on the first round, the game reverts to Lowball Draw. If no one opens for low, a new deal must be made, usually after sweetening the ante. In any event, act promptly when you hold a small straight or flush in this game; if you have to stop to figure out whether an eighty-seven flush works better for high or low, the opposition will quickly peg you for a pat hand. Jacks Back is one of the better "Dealer's Choice" games, and is lust the ticket to liven up a slow session of Jacks
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It is surprising to find among card players, and many of them grown gray at the game, the almost universal belief that none but the unsophisticated can be deceived by “blind” shuffling. These gentlemen have to “be shown,” but that is the last thing likely to happen. The player who believes he cannot be deceived is in great danger. The knowledge that no one is safe is his best protection. However, the post-graduate in the art is quite conscious of the fact that he himself cannot tell the true from the “blind” shuffle or cut, when performed by another equally as clever. In fact, sight has absolutely nothing to do with the action, and the expert might perform the work just as well if he were blindfolded.
Nevertheless “blind” shuffling and cutting, as explained by this work, are among the simplest and easiest feats the professional player is required to perform; and when the process is understood the necessary skill can be acquired with very little time or effort. Given the average card to online poker player who can shuffle or “riffle” in the ordinary manner, with some degree of smoothness, he can be taught a “blind” in five minutes that will nonplus the sharpest of his friends. But there are many players who cannot make an ordinary shuffle or “riffle” without bending, breaking, exposing or in some way ruining half the cards, and such bunglers must learn to handle a deck gracefully before attempting a flight to the higher branches of card manipulation.
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