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TÉCNICAS Chapter 1: Fundamental techniques

Dealing position

End grip

Elevated dealing position

Deck squaring

Spread

Outjog

Dribbling

Swing cut

Draw

Stud

Swing cut

Little finger break

Break under top card

Break under multiple cards

Bevel the deck to the right. Reverse the beveling motion by closing the hand somewhat. It is now a simple matter to take over this break with the pad of the little finger.

Spread the deck between the hands until the bottom few cards can be counted by sight. Place the pads of the right ring and little fingers on the face of the fourth card from the bottom, at its exposed right side, and pull this card inward for a quarter to half an inch, so that it projects from the back of the spread. Bring the right hand over the deck and take the cards into end grip, squaring them and lifting the pack to the left fingertips. In doing this, place the pad of the right thumb against the back edge of the injogged card.

Thumb break

Riffle

Hold the deck in dealing position in the left hand, the little finger holding a break near center. With the right hand, take the deck into end grip. In so doing, press the pad of the thumb against the gap between the packets at the inner end of the deck. The right hand now possesses the deck in end grip with the thumb holding the break.

Grasp the deck in righthand end grip, pull upward with the right middle finger to bow the outer end of the deck up, and allow the cards to riffle off the pad of the finger.

Chapter 2: Overhand shuffle techniques - Part I

Overhand shuffle Hold the deck face down in left-hand dealing position, then grasp it in right-hand end grip with the right thumb and second finger near the inner and outer right comers. At the same time, move the left index finger from the outer end, curling it beneath the deck. Bring the deck to a vertical position with the right hand, using the left side of the deck as a pivot point. The deck is at an angle of about fifty degrees. It is held lightly between the right thumb and middle finger. The right hand now begins the actual shuffle, lifting the deck as the left thumb holds back the top few cards, shuffling them off, to use the technical term. This action will be called the shuffle action. With the left thumb, pull a comparable number of cards (about ten) off the right-hand portion (called the stock) onto the cards in the left hand as your right hand lifts the remainder of the deck. This procedure is repeated until the right hand's stock is exhausted, which generally takes five to seven shuffle actions.

Running single cards Using the previously described technique, shuffle off about half the deck. Continue shuffling without interruption, but use the left thumb to draw off only a single card. A light pressure results in shuffling off exactly one card. Repeat this procedure with a few more cards, (an action known as running the cards). Then shuffle off the rest of the deck normally.

Controls    

Top card Bottom card Upper stock (injog) Bottom stock (injog)

Chapter 3: False cuts techniques - Part I