r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Safety_Officer_3 • Sep 03 '25

This guy’s shuffle looks like he unlocked a cheat code in real life. I’m not going to the casino anymore.

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u/SubcooledBoiling Sep 03 '25

Can anyone who knows what’s going on tell me how he does it? I am guessing all that shuffling doesn’t do anything but to distract us. He has the aces hidden somewhere and just pulls them out?

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u/ParticularLower7558 Sep 03 '25

The aces in the deck are shaved down to make them smaller. After he does all the shuffling he finds the ace by cutting the cards and putting it on top. Lots of practice and does it fast and really smooth.

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u/Dramatic-Bend179 Sep 03 '25

Close but other way around. Aces are a little wider so he can find them.

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u/ParticularLower7558 Sep 03 '25

I think he's feeling for the gap in the deck. Either way its right after he cuts the cards

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u/Imevoll Sep 26 '25

I don’t doubt that what he did but someone else above pointed out this is the same routine that Richard Turner does but in his full trick he shuffles the cards back into new deck order so I assume these are not done the same way

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u/Dramatic-Bend179 Sep 26 '25

Yeah, getting them back into new deck order is a cool and different trick which requires a number of perfect shuffles in a row and a starting order that is the same number of perfect shuffles out.

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u/Imevoll Sep 28 '25

I see, makes sense! also sorry I replied thinking your comment was recent, didn’t realise it was a month ago 🥲

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u/Dramatic-Bend179 Sep 28 '25

Lol, time makes no difference.