Plugging the Deck
Written June 3, 2008 by Jack Jones
There are people who read the articles on this site who are fascinated with how the dealer shuffles up the decks. One technique used by the casinos is when the cut-card is reached the remaining un-dealt cards inserted into the middle of the cards that have already been stacked up in the discard rack. This method is called plugging the deck.
Once the dealer reaches the cut-card (the cut card marks the place where play will be stopped and the cards reshuffled) the game is stopped, and the remaining un-dealt cards are inserted somewhere into the middle of the cards that have already been stacked up in the discard tray. The cards so inserted are referred to as a “plug”, and the action is called “plugging” the deck.
There are several other procedures including a combination of such techniques like “washing” or “stripping” the cards, as well as “plugging”, “boxing “, “riffling” and other sundry techniques with much sexier names. The objective of such shuffling procedures is to achieve a high level of randomization of the cards.
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