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 #110 by danny
August 16th, 2005 @ 6:56 PM
i learned how to do this thanks to ur site but when i do this trick with alot of chips the chips at the top tend to stick togeather and no shuffle right.. i do it with my left hand and its always 2 chips below the top chip that dont shuffle right
Comment #109 by Jeff
August 11th, 2005 @ 5:11 PM
i taught this trick to myself, by watching it on tv and everything. use what you know from this site and start to try it out on carpet or a rug or something with about 10 chips (2 stacks of 5)…as you get better with it..work yourself up to 12 chips and the 14 and so on. also, as you get better you can work up to performing this on harder surfaces like say, a poker table!
Comment #108 by Zeidrich
August 4th, 2005 @ 5:07 PM
Wow, I always watched poker on the TV and wondered how the hell they did that! But using this site i managed to master it in literally 2 mins! Thx
Comment #107 by Kris
August 1st, 2005 @ 1:26 AM
Ive been playign poker now for a while and love trying this trick but i could never do it. i only just got some good poker chips today i think this is the key because as soon as i started i mastered it:)
Comment #106 by Alex
July 29th, 2005 @ 5:18 AM
I am having trouble with this trick.I got used to 2 stacks with 2 in each pretty quick,but I can’t seem to get stacks of 3 or 4.I really need step by step basis.I sometimes get it,but many times I don’t. I can’t get the gravity thing to work and I can’t get the first few chips to fall into place.I use the middle-finger method and I have Dual-Toned chips.Help would be greatly helpful.
Comment #105 by Ryan
July 18th, 2005 @ 6:48 PM
Ok this felt akward at first and my hand got extremely tired quick…but I got 2 stachs of 3 in about 40 minutes. First thing I recommend it to watch the first video on repeat. After I got the placement down and used very light pressure the rest was butter. My damn fingers always wanted to revert to my old position…. I just said to myself position, light pressure, relax hand. Might sound stupid but it works..
Great Website and thanks for all the comments!!
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Comment #104 by Danny
July 16th, 2005 @ 6:41 PM
This trick seems to be the most common trick amongst poker players. I find it to be the easiest, but that is just me. I still have trouble with the twirl trick, and others seem to do it effortlessly. I find the more thought you put into it, the harder the trick becomes. It really is as easy as it looks. I started with three chips and have no problem working 2 stacks of 5 into 10, and then riffling the 2 stacks of 10 into 20. Just let your brain fall asleep you will find it is as easy as pie. Just don’t shut your brain off at the table duruing play and lose the pot your in trying to be a hotshot
Comment #103 by Matt
July 7th, 2005 @ 6:56 PM
yay i can do 2 stacks of 3 now with my right hand but i cant get 4…when i get the bottom ones aligend i try to complete it by moving my hand up but they just fall apart
Comment #102 by Matt
July 7th, 2005 @ 4:46 PM
i just started trying it and for some reason i can do it with my left and not my right…im right handed
its kinda ticking me off
Comment #101 by Jesse
July 5th, 2005 @ 8:42 PM
i’ve been playing poker for about 6 months with my freinds i finally got some poker chips and came to this site. the only trick i really got was this one it took about 10 mins to get it …. use your mouse pad it really helps you learn this trick