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Originally Posted by TenPercenter  I found (over my last poker marathon) that this caused a lot of "passing" across the current dealer, and was slightly disruptive to the game. |
We try to do this...
The player who "just" dealt gathers the cards, passes the chips to the winner, and shuffles the deck. He also passes the Dealer button to the person sitting on the Small Blind.
After the shuffle, the person places it on the table to wait for the current dealer (on the Dealer button) to "cut and pass" the deck to the next dealer (on the Small Blind).
The "cut & pass" movement occurs anytime during the current hand whenever players are taking time to think before acting.
We find this to be smooth and not disruptive to the current hand IF the current dealer has been informed or "trained" to do this "cut & pass" move during the current hand.
This way, the deck goes through 3 people, and it's harder to manipulate.
However, if we find that a player is clumsy, doesn't like to shulffe, or doesn't "get" what to do, then we allow someone else to shuffle, another person to cut, and then pass to the next dealer.
Sometimes, we skip having a 3rd person cut, and just allow the next dealer to cut before he deals the cards.
