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 #60 by Nick B
December 8th, 2004 @ 11:20 PM
Oh and I noticed that in your movies, your chips fall so fluenty. Mine is almost instant. When I try to go slow and let them fall gently, they turn out unorganized. Any suggestions? I think it looks better slow.
Comment #59 by Nick B
December 8th, 2004 @ 11:19 PM
This is definitely the best site I’ve been to. Using flash for the movies has got to be the best idea of all so there’s no problems with file formats. My computer will freeze 75% of the time when I play mpg or wmv files, and it’s fine with avi files.
I started trying last night after quickly glancing over some other website and didn’t realize I was doing it wrong for the 4 hours that we played poker. Tonight I take a look at this site, and I saw my mistake, and got it in a few minutes. I love the different angle shots and variations, that’s what makes me think this is the best site.
PS, I won the poker game, yay!
Comment #58 by Bill Tober
December 2nd, 2004 @ 12:59 PM
What helped me was to do it fairly quickly - in one motion. If I go slow, the chips slide and slip out. I have new chips (11.5, composite, $25 for 200 - so they are not “top-notch” or “casino quality”) I put four in each stack, two different colors, after the third riffle, the colors are separated again.
Comment #57 by Nick
November 30th, 2004 @ 7:17 PM
I have composite chips and can easily do 8 in each stack.
Comment #56 by andrew maryan
November 30th, 2004 @ 6:29 PM
Is it possible to do this with composite chips? Because with larger stacks the slipery composites, just slide all over the place
Comment #55 by DarthDan
November 28th, 2004 @ 10:39 PM
great web site! just like the last guy, i learned while reading all the comments. everyone was really helpful, and i tried every method mentioned, but nick, the web host’s works best for me.
Comment #54 by rbL
November 28th, 2004 @ 5:08 AM
Learned this trick while reading all comments
Real nice tutorial and website..
Quote: “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”
Keep up the good work..
Comment #53 by Nick
November 28th, 2004 @ 2:05 AM
Your site has tought me and my friend many poker chips, and the site is amazing. I just have a little question about this trick. When you shuffle 6 chips, they seem to do like a waterfall… not falling together all at once. When i do the shuffle, all 6 chips just pop together and then I push them in… and it looks kinda ugly. Got a tip or something?
Comment #52 by Nik
November 27th, 2004 @ 2:54 PM
I just can’t believe how difficult I used to think this trick was….thanks for a great explanationa and video tutorial, in fact just thanks for an excellent website
Nik
Comment #51 by bojow
November 26th, 2004 @ 11:26 PM
this is too easy and i am only 12