Proper shuffling concerns

[PokerEveryDay]

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[GeniusToad]

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[gusmahler]

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Riffling 7 times is ridiculous and takes to much time.


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Using easy to shuffle cards (plastic) and using the table riffle shuffle (see http://www.pokerology.com/articles/howtoshuffle.htm ), 7 riffs can be done in a jiffy. Unfortunately, everyone else in my home game uses the riffle shuffle with a cascade finish, which takes a lot longer. The riffle shuffle is actually harder to do than the table riffle shuffle (I don't even know how to do the cascase finish) so I don't know why most people I shuffle with use that method.

[PokerEveryDay]

I insist on at least 5 shuffles and then cut the deck. Every so often I request for a wash. This is good enough even though 7 times is better. At first I thought the 7 times rule was for a brand new deck but that isn't the case. At any time a deck can be shuffled and end up in the same order when new. Kinda like lottery numbers can come up 1,2,3,4,5,6.