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 #120 by seb
September 9th, 2005 @ 12:13 PM
sorry , that was 2 stacks of 3 not 2
Comment #119 by seb
September 9th, 2005 @ 12:12 PM
I’ve been practicimg for about 5 hours now and I still have problems. I can do 2 stacks of 2 pretty easylly but i can’t do more. Also when i do the trick the chips don’t do the clipping sound like on tv, they just slide one through the other. Please help me yhank you
Comment #118 by Steen
September 9th, 2005 @ 4:15 AM
Feels good ..
Comment #117 by Steen
September 9th, 2005 @ 3:44 AM
Ah yes! Thanks for the great tips on this one. I finally got right. Ive been practicing a lot in a week or so. And just now I was practicing while reading the posts above .. I thought I had it for a while, but I didnt. And the suddenly it clicked! When you get it right, you know it right! Great!
At last!
Comment #116 by Colin
September 4th, 2005 @ 11:58 PM
I jjust tried this for the first time 20 minutes ago, and I can already do 2 stacks of 6! The strange part is that I still cant do a finger or thumb flip!
Comment #115 by Colin
September 4th, 2005 @ 11:51 PM
Maybe this is just the way I learn, but I found that if I practice this trick without actually thinking too hard about it, I do well at it. If I focus too hard on my hands, I totally lose it.
I caught onto this one pretty quickly, actually.
Comment #114 by Micky
August 27th, 2005 @ 7:41 AM
Just found this site the other day and its fantastic. I can now do Finger Flip, Thumb Flip, Switch, Pullover, and Twirl (bit scratcy).
Thanks to the above post I think im starting to get the hang of this trick. Well i know for me, by using the thumb you have more control over the lift. Just one more note, im using Australian 20Cent peieces because i dont have any poker chips yet so would this trick be easier or harder using them. I would be interested to find out your opinions.
Comment #113 by roger
August 27th, 2005 @ 2:06 AM
this trick is a necessity i guess,but it’s frustrating when i’ll occasionally do it,then mess up,and i found that the twirl trick is the easiest for me,although it was the first one i learned.
Comment #112 by dan
August 26th, 2005 @ 1:30 PM
I have no idea how you do it using your middle or index fingers to lift it. I put my pinky and index fingers on the outside edges of the chips to push them together and use my middle and ring fingers on the back sides of the chips for stability. I put my thumb in the space between the two chips and lift them. I can do 2 stacks of 15 consistently like this.
This is the same way that I’ve been doing this trick and it works very well!!
Comment #111 by danny
August 16th, 2005 @ 10:09 PM
never mind i corrected this problem by moving my thumb up a little bit so its half way down the chip instead of towards the bottem.. gives it a little more support and i keep my fingers straight now i can do stacks of 8 on each side