Shuffling the Deck

Hi,

Some say it actually takes seven shuffles to randomize a deck completely and normally players shuffle three times between hands. Well, I figured out that in holdem, cards are not usually grouped in any particular order to be a hand. Do you think there’s really a great need to shuffle a lot between hands? Your thoughts on this please.

Thank you in advance.

All the best,
Lance
Lance,

In order to shuffle properly, you probably should shuffle the cards around 5 to seven times to ensure some randomness. You can also do some quarter cutting of decks between shuffles to help randomize more.

Practice shuffling. With some practice you can become fast and 5 to 7 shuffles will take no time.

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