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Originally Posted by TexasKK
i honestly don't see the irregularity or sleight-of-hand with this shuffle, but i also would not know any better. can someone show screen shots or make a video demonstrating where this was a problem? it almost seems like the guy who posted this video, actually clicked on the wrong one to upload and there's a more incriminating one out there.
Just quickly. The video starts with the dealer adding a specific portion of the deck into a specific place. This is shady af. You're not supposed to be sorting the deck like that ever as a dealer. After the hand, wash/scramble the cards facedown on the table, then bring them together (with no deference to the order) and begin shuffling. You can't rummage them in your hand the way he does. The order of operations for a dealer is specifically designed to avoid any accusations of impropriety.
The second (and main thing) he does is fake a shuffle. It isn't even remotely slick, and it's surprising that he ever got away with this in the first place. He takes the two halves of the deck, shuffles them so they're about to be in a random order, then he rotates each side of the deck a full 360 degrees and just removes them. Instead of pushing the halves together, he just turns the deck halves in an ornate fashion and then pulls them apart again.
There are card mechanics out there that are legit, but this guy was bound to get caught quickly. These are the type of card tricks you'd use to amuse your nephew or something at Thanksgiving.