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 #50 by jon
November 25th, 2004 @ 12:18 AM
i have tried this trick many times i can do it easy with the lil numbers like 3,4 but i cant do it with like 6 they like wont go together i can get it up the go together and then fall back and screws it all up or they chips get like stuck on each other i dont know what errrrrrrrrr its makin me mad
Comment #49 by James
November 24th, 2004 @ 10:07 PM
I am only 13, but i love to do chip tricks.. and show them off to my friends. I like this trick very much and like u said ITS ADDICTING…very.. i can do it fluently with about 12 chips. Thank you so much for this site that helped me with tons fo otehr tricks
Comment #48 by Chris
November 23rd, 2004 @ 9:45 PM
Great Website, I’ve practiced this trick a lot, and can now shuffle about 16 chips consistantly, my tip to newcomers is to not look at the chips as you do it, if you rely on feel, you will learn much faster, this is true with many of the other tricks as well.
Comment #47 by Brett
November 23rd, 2004 @ 5:00 PM
This was the first trick I learned. The noise drives my mother crazy, but it does help to calm the nerves at the poker table.
Comment #46 by brian
November 22nd, 2004 @ 12:05 PM
man thats so easy ive been playing poker since i was 8 and im 15 now and i can do 8 on 8 and below if i do it higher then 8 and 8 it will be a HUGE mess lol thanks for puttin this site up
Comment #45 by Kevin
November 8th, 2004 @ 3:05 PM
Thanks for all the tips… i’ve wanted to do this trick for a long time and now i can. i can’t afford clay chips so all i had was interlocking plastic ones so for all of you out there who are having troubles just remember to stick with it. i had a hard time with mine cause they stuck together but i finally got it
Comment #44 by Neil Holford
November 5th, 2004 @ 5:36 PM
Thanks for all the help guys/girls. I can do 8 and 8 now! On to something else.
-Neil
Comment #43 by Joseph
November 4th, 2004 @ 9:33 PM
Love this trick. Took me two tries to get a two stacks of 3…working on more but I have small hands. I just love the movies, they help so much!!!
Comment #42 by Stephen
November 4th, 2004 @ 8:45 PM
I tryed this trick about a week ago and I was practicing for hours and still couldn’t get it. An hour ago I put more pressure on the outside of the chips and i found it much easier because i always had trouble with the chips falling out of the stack. After i put more pressure on them they came together a lot easler.
Thank you for this great tutorial!!
Comment #41 by Travis
November 2nd, 2004 @ 10:52 PM
Well thank you Nick! I’ve been practicing many times today and I’ve got it down good. I’m surprised I learned this trick that so many pros use in only 2 days. I have to credit it to the instructions that Nick gave out! Thanks a ton man this site is excellent keep it up!