[Blindtlk] Shuffling Cards

Jasmine Kotsay jasmine.kotsay at gmail.com
Tue Aug 12 23:54:28 UTC 2014


Hi,
	I had an electric card shuffber, and it didn't mess up the 
Braille.

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From: Danielle Antoine via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
To: Ericka Short <ericka.short at wi.rr.com>,Blind Talk Mailing List 
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 19:32:50 -0500
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Shuffling Cards

Okay true but why would they braille them if you couldn't shuffle
them? Somewhere one of the blind and low vision aids suppliers 
has a
card shuffler.


On 8/10/14, Ericka Short via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> 
wrote:
 I am not a card player but I heard that braille cards  don't 
work well in
 the shuffler.  Smashes the braille but most likely they just get 
stuck and
 doesn't work  at al.

 Ericka

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 From: Lauren Merryfield via blindtlk
 Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2014 1:25 AM
 To: Brandon A.  Olivares ; Blind Talk Mailing List
 Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Shuffling Cards


 You can buy a card shuffler
 Sent from my iPhone

 On 8 Aug 2014, at 6:49 pm, "Brandon A.  Olivares via blindtlk"
 <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Thanks for the description.  Do the fingers go on the long edges 
of the
 deck, or the short edges?

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 On Aug 8, 2014, at 9:43 PM, Anna Givens <annajee82 at gmail.com> 
wrote:

 I do not believe it matters what type of cards you use.  
However,
 practicing with regular print playing cards in the beginning may 
make it
 easier for you to learn.
 The easiest way to learn how to shuffle would be to have someone 
show
 you.
 But I can try to explain what I do, although I am not sure how 
well I
 will do with the description.  First, split the deck into two 
halves.  One

 half in each hand.  Hold the cards with your thumb on the top 
edge and
 your middle finger and ring finger on the bottom ends.  Do this 
with both
 hands.  Make sure the two half decks  are facing each other.  
While
 you're holding the cards like that, turn your hands with your 
palms
 facing each other and slightly down facing.  The cards will be 
bent back.
 Put your hands about an inch or so apart from each other.  
You're thumbs
 should be pretty close together, and on top.  Your other 
fingers, holding

 the cards at the bottom, can be on the table.  It may help to 
put your
 forefinger on the back of the decks, if it is easier to hold 
that way.
 At this point, start letting go of the top of the cards with 
your thumbs.

 The cards should be weaving together.  Slightly move your thumb 
back on
 the cards as you let go of the front ones, Don't just let go of 
all of
 them at once.  Once that is done, you can just push the cards 
together.
 Repeat this a few times and they should be well shuffled.  This 
will make

 a shuffling noise.  If the cards are not coming together well, 
experiment
 with how close you are putting your hands together while 
shuffling.
 That is what I do.  You might also try looking at 
pokerology.com.  It has
 videos and pictures but also has text descriptions of various 
methods of
 shuffling.  The one I have attempted to describe here is what 
they called
 the riffle shuffle.
 Again, I would definitely suggest asking someone to show you how 
to do it

 in person.  However, I hope this has helped maybe a little bit.  
If you
 have any questions, something about my description You need  
clarified, I

 will attempt to do so.
 Let me know.

 Anna E Givens

 On Aug 8, 2014, at 6:24 PM, "Brandon A.  Olivares via blindtlk"
 <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Hello,

 Any recommendations for easy methods for shuffling cards? I've 
tried
 looking it up but a lot of descriptions are visual.  The 
overhand method
 sounds the easiest.

 The shuffle where you simply press the two halts of the deck 
into each
 other doesn't really work because the cards I have have labels 
on them
 that would get in the way.  So it needs to be a method that 
isn't too
 contact-heavy if you know what I mean.

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 Peace,
 Brandon

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Within You

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