Shuffling Chips

[Stork]

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Shuffle your chips only when you get dealt AA-JJ and AKs.

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But I already have a ritual for these cards. I stand up, stretch, and then return to my seat with a giant sh<font color="white"></font>it-eating grin.

I guess I could shuffle chips in addition to that... what do you think?

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Basically, you don't want to give off any tells, so if you shuffle your chips with any of the above mentioned holdings, your opponents won't know which hand you have. To shuffle just AA and KK would be plain silly. Do you see why?

[BusterStacks]

sar·casm - Pronunciation Key (särkzm)
n.

In any event, I just crap my pants when I get AA. Usually by the time anyone can tell, the hand is over.

[wacki]

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I don't think shuffling chips is going to be a problem for you gaming mouse.

[Stork]

Really? I find that the smell travels fairly quickly, and the culprit usually has a guilty look on his face.

"sar·casm - Pronunciation Key (särkzm)
n."
more like särkazm

[TeeJayORTj]

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Maybe I could just shuffle my chips on, like, special occasions??

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Just make sure you don't give your chips a hand job everytime your going to raise!!

[bernie]

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Doesn't this fall under the category "don't tap the glass"? Why not instead wear an electric T-Shirt that spells out "Poker Professional" in little blinking lights?



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no. Just because one shuffles chips doesn't mean anything. It is no sign of skill level of the player.

However, it can intimidate new players a bit. So what? After an orbit or 2 they forget about it and are busy trying to do it themselves. So you then show them how. I've done this a few times. Then as they blow a rack or 2, they feel they've learned something 'cool' in the cardroom that they can show their friends.

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[sthief09]

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Doesn't this fall under the category "don't tap the glass"? Why not instead wear an electric T-Shirt that spells out "Poker Professional" in little blinking lights?

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you gotta be kidding me with this. relax. take some xanax

[brassnuts]

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However, it can intimidate new players a bit. So what? After an orbit or 2 they forget about it and are busy trying to do it themselves. So you then show them how. I've done this a few times. Then as they blow a rack or 2, they feel they've learned something 'cool' in the cardroom that they can show their friends.

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Exactly. I love teaching scrubs how to shuffle chips.

[AngryCola]

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repeated use of vibrating hand tools

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We have a winner.

[jakethebake]

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