Shuffle
Can you name a player that you haven’t seen shuffle chips during the World Poker Tour or World Series of Poker episodes? The sound of shuffling chips can be heard in poker rooms around the world. It happens to be my favorite trick, because once you learn it, you can’t stop. Another popular name for the shuffle is “riffle.”
Before you begin
Trick Difficulty - 2
Chips needed - 6 or more (even numbers work best)
Tutorial
To start this trick, place two stacks of chips (3 chips per stack) side by side on a table.
Practice on a table with a soft surface (such as a poker table) or on a hard pillow. A softer surface will make it easier to lift each stack properly.
For each stack use a different color of poker chip. This will allow you to see if the chips were properly shuffled.
The tutorial will explain how to perform the trick with your right hand.
Start by placing the thumb on the lower left corner of the left stack and the index finger on the upper left corner. The middle finger is placed in the space between the top of the two stacks. The ring finger is placed on the upper right corner of the right stack and the pinky on the lower right corner.
Others like to place the thumb at the middle of the left stack, the index finger in the space at the top of the two stacks, and the other three fingers on the right side of the right stack. I believe this method is harder because you don’t have as much control over the left stack. By using two fingers on the sides of each stack you have much more stability.
Lift up on both stacks with the middle finger. As you lift, lightly push each stack in with the fingers holding the outside edges. Ease up on the pressure applied by the middle finger, let gravity takes its course, and the two stacks will come together as one, alternating chips from each stack.
Once you learn the trick, you don’t even actually push the stacks in. You can use all of your fingers to lift up the stacks and by lifting a little bit more with the middle finger, the chips will easily fall into place.
The Shuffle mousepad makes a place to practice this chip trick on. The mousepad has a soft cloth surface with padding that will allow you to easily pick the chips up. It makes a great gift for the poker player who plays online poker at home or takes a few poker chips to work to practice their tricks.Videos
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Comment #100 by Melanie
July 3rd, 2005 @ 3:36 PM
I know that it sounds horribly corny and has been said sooo many times already, but its just soo true. I couldnt really seem to get it following just one of the techniques so I sort of combined different elements from each, went and practiced on my mouse pad (thanks for that tip, to whoever it wat) and I practiced for what felt like forever, and then it really did just CLICK and I had it. It still taeks alot of work for two stacks of 3 to go together perfectly but I am getting consistently better. Thanks all!
Comment #99 by Raf G
July 3rd, 2005 @ 10:25 AM
any suggestions guiz, im having a lot of trouble with this, i can shuffle stacks of 3 naturally, wen i add a fourth one one chip gets messed up so they all go through but one, and with an even bigger stack i cant shuffle the top part of the chips the bottom goes in fine though.
Comment #98 by Dan
June 28th, 2005 @ 11:24 PM
I know this has been said, but just don’t give up. Me and my friend practiced it down at his house(he has a poker table) for a couple of hours until we finally got it. Now we can both do up to 6 with perfection and we can usually do up to 9 with few mistakes. PRACTICE.
Comment #97 by DiBiasi16
June 21st, 2005 @ 1:56 PM
I learned this trick in 5-10 minutes.It’s that easy. I can shuffle over 10 chips now and I learned 2 days ago. This website is awesome!!!!
Comment #96 by David
June 17th, 2005 @ 5:43 AM
actually i do have one tip when shuffling a lot of chips….well..not so much of a tip but rather the way i do it. after my middle finger lifts the chips up, it has no more interaction with the chips….i.e. i pull my middle finger away from the middle of the two stacks and let gravity do its thing
Comment #95 by David
June 17th, 2005 @ 5:39 AM
Thanks for the tute…i was fumbling with stacks of 3 chips on each side for the first 2 or 3 hours…felt so stupid…a few hours later…i can consistently shuffle 8 or more on each side…so about 16 chips in total…
You know you have it when it all just goes nicely…can’t really explain it…it just happens.
Comment #94 by paul
June 11th, 2005 @ 11:07 PM
i was wondering how long does it take for people to get this weeks days? and how much chips on each side can people get
Comment #93 by Chaoz
June 10th, 2005 @ 7:59 PM
oh yeah and my chips are 11.5g…it’s a little thicker than the ones shown in the videos..is that a factor for my failer?
Comment #92 by Chaoz
June 10th, 2005 @ 7:58 PM
…i can get the chips in that red,blue order but it keeps falling..even if i tried to push it in with my other fingers
Comment #91 by mike jones
June 5th, 2005 @ 6:11 PM
use one side of your finger to lift one higher than the other…
pick which stack u want to go first and stick with it