{"id":6494,"date":"2021-03-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betvisa888.com\/?p=6494"},"modified":"2022-10-26T15:59:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T15:59:08","slug":"shuffling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/betvisa888.com\/poker\/rules\/shuffling\/","title":{"rendered":"Shuffling Cards in Poker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In poker<\/a> (and all of its variants<\/a>), shuffling cards is very important to randomize the cards. Meaning that no advantage can be gained by paying attention to the cards that were played in the previous hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are more combinations of a deck of cards than there are atoms on Earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Times When the Deck is Shuffled<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In common poker rules<\/a>, there are four situations<\/strong> in which the deck of cards is shuffled:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. at the start of each hand<\/strong>,<\/li>
  2. in case of a misdeal<\/strong>,<\/li>
  3. if the flop, turn, or river, is dealt too early<\/strong>, and<\/li>
  4. when a stud poker dealer runs out of cards<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The most common situation in which cards are shuffled is the beginning of each hand<\/strong>. This randomizes the card order which means that no advantage is gained if you were watching which cards were shown at the end of the hand and where they were put in the deck. This is the reason that counting cards don't work in poker as the order is changed every hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The deck is also reshuffled if there is an error when the cards are being dealt<\/strong> (often called a 'misdeal'<\/em>). If a card goes off the table or the order of the deal is messed up then the cards are all taken back in by the dealer who goes through the shuffle process from the beginning before dealing the hand as if it's new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    However, there are a couple of other, far less common situations where the deck is shuffled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    One is if the flop, turn, or river is dealt too early<\/strong>. For example, if the dealer thinks that the last player to act has completed their action on the flop and they deal the turn without the in-position player<\/a> making their action. In this scenario, the turn is put back into the deck and the deck is shuffled so the in-position player doesn't get to make their action knowing what the turn card is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There is a situation, most commonly found in the stud games<\/a>, where the dealer runs out of cards<\/strong> to give to the players left in the hand. This can happen in full-ring games where multiple players seeing the later streets as 7 Card Stud requires a lot of cards! When this happens, the dealer will take the previously mucked or burned cards and shuffle them to act as the new deck. Once these cards have been shuffled the dealer will continue to deal from where they left off.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Dealing and Shuffling in Poker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    For those who haven't played a live game or are wondering what the proper dealing method is for their home games, we'll go through a step-by-step on how to deal Texas Hold'em poker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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