The Strip Shuffle (or Running Cuts)

This is a very nice casino type action and an ideal shuffle to combine with the riffle table shuffle. It can be quite tricky to get used to the handling, but definetly worth the effort.

The Handling :
Place the deck on the table and place the thumbs of each hand on the back edge, fingers at the front.	The right thumb grips a small packet from the top of the deck whilst the left hand removes the rest of the packet by moving out and forward.	The left hand brings the packet back on top of the smaller packet and the right index finger lifts up out of the way.
The packets are not aligned together. The left hand packet should be jogged slightly to the left whilst keeping a grip on these cards.	The right index finger then clips another small packet which fall ontop of the previous packet as the left hand moves away again.	The left hand packet comes back on top again as before and the right index finger clips more cards from the top.
The cards move away again and the small packet drops onto the cards below. This sequence continues.	Until all the cards have been stripped and the deck is squared.

Some more points:

* Start by doing this shuffle very slowly. You can then speed it up once you've got the hang of it.

* You will often find that cards pop out of the deck when they shouldn't. Don't worry about this. Just square the cards up quickly and carry on.

* The key to this shuffle is the clipping of the cards by the index finger.

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