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View Poll Results: Who at the table should shuffle the deck that will be used for a hand? | |
The person who will deal the cards should shuffle them.
|    | 48 | 48.00% | |
The person who "just" dealt cards should shuffle that deck and pass to the new dealer.
|    | 34 | 34.00% | |
The person to the right of the person who will deal the cards should shuffle them.
|    | 2 | 2.00% | |
The person to the left of the person who will deal the cards should shuffle them.
|    | 10 | 10.00% | |
Anybody can shuffle, there is no common policy.
|    | 6 | 6.00% |
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07-24-2007, 08:49 PM
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| | | Re: Who shuffles?
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Originally Posted by tomb1  Most of the games I play in use the "shuffle behind" method where the dealer shuffles the deck he just dealt.
But I prefer the "shuffle ahead" method as described above, where the big blind shuffles. The BB is last to act so it gives him more time to shuffle, plus there is no passing across. Just one move to the right and the (old) SB can take the cards, get them cut by the (old) button, and deal away. And no cheating. | WERD! |
07-24-2007, 08:53 PM
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| | | Re: Who shuffles?
2 decks, small blind shuffles his own deck while dealer deals. after deal is done button is moved cards skip over button to next small blind. |
07-28-2007, 03:33 PM
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| | | Re: Who shuffles?
We alternate between players. Some player complaint about getting bad card since I am the dealer I will make him shuffle for opening his mouth. 
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04-12-2008, 04:50 PM
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I thought I would bump this thread to get new votes. Don't cheat and look at the Poll Results.  |
04-12-2008, 05:51 PM
|  | In the Money | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Deep South Age: 34
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| | | Re: Who shuffles?
SB shuffles, current dealer cuts, SB deals cut cards as new dealer, old dealer passes his deck to new SB. Works fine, but I also don't have any worries about mechanics. |
04-12-2008, 06:07 PM
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| | | Re: Who shuffles?
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Originally Posted by Suicide King 2 decks, small blind shuffles his own deck while dealer deals. after deal is done button is moved cards skip over button to next small blind. | This is how we do it as well
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04-12-2008, 07:16 PM
|  | ChipTalk.net Article Writer | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ Age: 32
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| | | Re: Who shuffles?
Oops. I mis-voted.
We run four decks (all four different colored Copags). The person who will deal shuffles their own deck. They offer it up to either side of them to cut (depending on who is in a hand at the time).
Usually, when one person busts out (when we play tournaments) they become the dealer. On the first bust out, the players keep shuffling and handing them off to the dealer. Once we lose a second, the newest busted deals and the other shuffles for a while. They will bounce back and forth and absorb busted players into the dealing mix. This may change now that I have a dedicated cash set on the way!! 
With four decks, we can keep a pretty good flow going, even though we have some who aren't the best shufflers in the world (they are getting better though).
That said, I did just pick up several decks of gently used casino KEMs that are great! The only problem is they are either green or brown backs. We may have to back off to a two deck game  . |
04-13-2008, 03:15 PM
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| | | Re: Who shuffles?
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Originally Posted by Suicide King 2 decks, small blind shuffles his own deck while dealer deals. after deal is done button is moved cards skip over button to next small blind. | For larger full table games this is what we do. For most of our games we just have one deck in play (less stuff on the table).
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04-13-2008, 07:28 PM
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| | | Re: Who shuffles?
I voted for dealer shuffles "the mess". That is how it's done in a lot of the games I play in. I will volunteer to deal most of the time and in those cases it's usually one of the blinds that shuffles.
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04-23-2008, 07:54 AM
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| | | Re: Who shuffles?
Our regular home game is all casino dealers, so we all shuffle and cut the cards ourselves when it's our turn - we don't bother with a dealer button, as it seems redundant, the guy dealing is the dealer. that and ironically, when we did use a button, all 7 of us dealers would never bother to move the button, so we just got rid of it. |
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