Card Shuffling tricks are essential to learn so that you must look like a professional with a deck of cards from the time you begin to pick them up. It’s a needed skill for a magician.
If you fail at shuffling, May be you can ruin your reputation being a skilled magician before the beginning of any trick.You can get rid of these problems by practicing these shuffling techniques.
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Must be willing master all these shuffles with the new deck of cards, as they can be slicker & stiffer, Making the deck easier to deal with.
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1 – THE RIFFLE SHUFFLE:-
This most famous shuffle is really easy to start; you shuffle the cards well, and looks great, Nothing more!
I often take for granted how great this card shuffling trick looks, but when doing it before playing games with my friends, someone always points out how cool it looks.
HOW TO DO Riffle shuffle?
1st STEP
Put your entire deck of cards in one hand and hold the deck at the top with your thumb.
At the bottom, rest the cards on the top joints of your middle, fourth and pinky fingers.
Keep your pointer finger bent and behind the cards.
This is what it should look like.
GOT IT? YES OR NO? YES! OH GREAT
2 ND STEP
Hold the cards tight enough, Don’t allow them to fall out; you can use a bent pointer finger to apply pressure from the back of the deck; it Must cause it to arch.
You must let half of the deck go by allowing them to riffle out from your thumb of yours’ and then catch them in your other hand.
You should practice this step a few times to get it mastered.
Once you’ve got the cards in the next hand, You want to set them up in as it is the way that you set up the full deck.
Riffle both parts of the deck onto the table simultaneously so that they overlap slightly.
3 rd STEP
Thirdly, Hold all the cards at their top and always in the center with both thumbs.
Place the index fingers around the top edge of the cards in your hands on each side.
Pressure must be applied from the bottom, Which causes the cards to arch as you release the pressure from both thumbs.
Once the bridge is completed, You can push them all together and repeat the same process from the beginning!
WATCH IT IN ACTION:-
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2 – THE ONE-HANDED card shuffling tricks:-
, The most important and impressive card shuffling trick to learn is the shuffle which is done only by a single hand.
PROCESS? HOW CAN WE DO THIS?
We have to start with the same grip again…
1st STEP
This grip is very unnatural and will feel unnatural to you at first, But with the most practice, You will be able to find yourself easily holding a deck this way.
So, Now, Place your thumb and pinky on the bottom edge of the cards. When you hold them in the horizon and the other three remaining fingers on the top.
2 ND STEP
Lift up with your thumb, divide the deck in half, and quickly release your middle and ring fingers at the same mean on time.
Move the thumb in a counterclockwise direction and your pinky in a clockwise direction. Both at the same rate, pushing the cards into two piles very next to each other.
3 rd STEP
Now, Apply pressure using the middle plus the ring finger to the lower half of the deck to make it even with the other half.
Hold the pinky steady when applying pressure with the thumb to the other half. This will readily cause the ends of the deck close to the body to shuffle together.
Now, The hardest part to master is that the cards need to be loose enough to shuffle but not so loose that they scatter to the floor.
PRACTICE UNTIL THE TIME COMES WHEN YOU GET IT PERFECT!
Practicing these two card shuffling tricks & is the perfect beginning to set up all the card tricks you plan to share with your audience.
One must keep in mind, If you fumble with the shuffle, your audience will be looking for mistakes in your performance. No matter you do all correctly except one mistake. So you must learn professional shuffles like these to become the best entertainer.
WATCH IT IN ACTION:-
NEVER WORRY ABOUT FAILING!
With any craft, your hands and muscle memory begin to get extremely comfortable with handling cards over time.
As a professional magician, You probably always have a deck of cards in your hand. Doing this is good for your Profession!
It will develop any new skill you learn; like these shuffles, it is much easier to learn.
So if the cards feel uncomfortable at first, No issue; keep playing around with them.
Sooner or later, You will become a master!
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