Playing with two decks (1 Viewer)

[lewan]

i deal every hand and have minimum 50% vpip. my friends cant shuffle. this is why i use 1 deck

 

[Poker Zombie]

i deal every hand and have minimum 50% vpip. my friends cant shuffle. this is why i use 1 deck

My friends couldn't shuffle when we started either. When a deck would explode in a shuffling attempt, I would ask them "if they would like a bucket and a stick" to help mix the cards. It happened so often that the joke got tired. However, nobody gets a bye (unless physically unable, such as a arm in a sling).

Today all are very capable shufflers. Some even stick around after being felted to shuffle for the table. None are going to be casino dealers, and many still need help getting a card from the long end of the table to the other side, but all can shuffle.

It's not a complex task.

Well, it is if they are never taught. Teach them. Do yourself - and the poker world - a favor. The time you lose teaching them, will be won back quickly by shifting to a second deck.

 

[lewan]

My friends couldn't shuffle when we started either. When a deck would explode in a shuffling attempt, I would ask them "if they would like a bucket and a stick" to help mix the cards. It happened so often that the joke got tired. However, nobody gets a bye (unless physically unable, such as a arm in a sling).

Today all are very capable shufflers. Some even stick around after being felted to shuffle for the table. None are going to be casino dealers, and many still need help getting a card from the long end of the table to the other side, but all can shuffle.

It's not a complex task.

Well, it is if they are never taught. Teach them. Do yourself - and the poker world - a favor. The time you lose teaching them, will be won back quickly by shifting to a second deck.

maybe in the future. im a casino dealer so i can deal pretty fast so its not that big of an issue.

 

[aggie]

Every time I see this thread title I think it’s a thread about mental health or something.

“Yeah, he’s slow, but he’s not playing with two decks so cut him some slack”

Reminds me of a description of a crazy/slow person I heard somewhere along the way: “He has the whole six pack, he’s just missing the little thingy that keeps ‘em held together.”

Completely unrelated to this thread, but I always laugh when I think about that.