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CrimeAnalyst Loyal user United States 297 Posts 
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Has anyone ever struggled with doing an ‘in the hands’ riffle shuffle, then found a video which made it click/helped you get over the hump with this?
I have watched numerous free videos on YouTube, but still am missing something with getting this to work. |
Levi Bennett Inner circle Arizona 2113 Posts
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I hear you. What finally clicked for me is switching my thumb placement. There are lots of tutorials online, but I had to figure out the thumb thing on my own through trial and error.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3322 Posts
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IIRC, one key to me was speeding it up. You don't want to hold the cards bent too long because it will mess them up. If you do the release and the bridge in rapid succession your cards come out in better shape.
Typhoon Tuck
"As soon as you have succeeded at making a sustainable fire, your thoughts should turn to how you are going to start your next fire" ~Mors Kochanski "Work hard, study well, eat and sleep plenty. That's the Turtle Hermit way!" |
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CrimeAnalyst Loyal user United States 297 Posts
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Thank you, both!
I do struggle getting each individual card to “fly down”. I seem to get a chunk of cards all at once to go down, opposed to a single card from each side seamlessly interweaving with a single card from the other hand. |
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Bob G Inner circle 3294 Posts
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Watching this thread with interest!
Bob |
gillesA4 Special user Mitilini, Greece 644 Posts
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What finally clicked for me was to bevel the cards way too much under the thumb, then gradually reducing the bevel.And I totally agree with Critter about the speed.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. (A. Einstein)
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JasonEngland V.I.P. Las Vegas, NV 1763 Posts
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I highly recommend buying a deck of Bicycle "Prestige" plastic playing cards. You can use them to refine techniques that would normally bend paper cards out of shape too quickly (palming, and bridging during shuffles being the primary examples).
$10 on Amazon and worth every penny. An additional advantage is that from two feet away you can't tell that they're not normal Bikes. Jason
Eternal damnation awaits anyone who questions God's unconditional love. --Bill Hicks
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 3322 Posts
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Quote:
On Jun 13, 2026, JasonEngland wrote: This is EXACTLY how I started years ago. They were $6 at Walmart back then. I still have them.
Typhoon Tuck
"As soon as you have succeeded at making a sustainable fire, your thoughts should turn to how you are going to start your next fire" ~Mors Kochanski "Work hard, study well, eat and sleep plenty. That's the Turtle Hermit way!" |
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