Chapter 28 26. Re-practice basic skills

Once Brother Zhao gave me a deck of poker and said, "Today I'm going to tell you about the basic skills." What other basic skills?" Brother Zhao said: "You didn't practice correctly before, you have to forget all of them, and now you have to learn how to shuffle, read, cut, change, and deal cards from the beginning. , It’s actually very simple, just be fast and practice over and over again.” Now whoever takes a deck of poker, shuffles and cuts the cards at random, and I will deal the cards, so I can know what cards are dealt by everyone, and what cards are in my own house, and the poker will never be faked.It sounds unbelievable, but it is actually very simple: when the cards are held in the hand, use the muscles connected to the base of the thumb to slightly open the cards to see the cards through very small changes, and look at the cards while they are dealt.It's such a clever trick that you can't see it even if you're sitting behind me.It mainly depends on the person who deals the cards to grasp the angle of taking the cards, only you can see it, see one and deal one.Of course, this also requires the strength of the fingers to hold the cards just right, in order to cooperate with the muscles at the root of the thumb to achieve the purpose of reading the cards.

Another way to look at cards is to use slight movements of the ring finger and little finger to look at the hole cards, so that many hole cards can be seen. After learning to read cards, it is clear at a glance who's card is which. It is suitable for some occasions where the cards are dealt first and then the money is bet. You don't need to use any signs or poker. It is very effective in some gambling games such as cockfights and studs. It turns out that learning to read the hole cards is for picking and changing the cards. What Brother Zhao taught can make troubles in public, that is to say, you can get the hole cards on the top even in full view, and edit the order of the cards appropriately.This one is also difficult and takes a long time to practice.Usually I hold the cards in my left hand, with my thumb resting on top of the cards. The shape of my hand looks like I am about to deal cards (most people hold poker in their left hand and deal the cards with their right hand), and my right hand seems to be inadvertently placed on the poker in my left hand. In a split second, I can put my hole cards on it for editing, and there is a right-hand imitation cover, which most people can't see at all.The specific action is that when the right hand touches the poker, pretend to tidy up the side of the poker, use the right thumb and index finger to hold the lower part of the card (to prevent the card from falling apart), and relax the other three fingers. Clamp it, use the little finger, ring finger and middle finger of your left hand to pull the poker cards above the hole cards to the right, and make a 90-degree right angle between the hole cards and these cards; 1. Use force on the fingers of the right hand to draw cards and the muscles in contact with the thumb, so that the poker you want to exchange is in a rotating state, rotating around the right thumb and index finger; at the same time, use force on the three fingers of the left hand to push them back into the palm.

All of this is done in the small space of the left hand, mainly relying on the dexterity of the fingers and the coordination of the various muscles.The role of the right hand is to hold the poker so that other cards do not fall apart, and it also serves as a cover.The moment the hole cards came out was under the cover of my right hand. In the eyes of others, my right hand did not move from the beginning to the end, and I couldn't see what my left hand did. Except for the bottom card, the principle of other poker that needs to be changed is the same, the second, third, or fourth, fifth card below can be directly brought to the top.The key to changing cards is two words: speed.The technique must be as fast as lightning.Brother Zhao said to me: "Unless you can do it 60 times in one minute, don't use it on the field, you will be seen through at a glance." Brother Zhao can do it 72 times in a minute, and I can do it now Like 66-69 times.It can also be said that unless I do this in under a second, I will be found.Not only must all the actions be completed within one second, but each finger must return to its original state after completion, so as to continue to prepare for the next hole card.

When I first practiced this, the cards always fell apart, mainly because the fingers were not strong enough. Later, I used a simple method, tied the poker with a rubber band, put down the next one to practice, and then added another one when I was familiar with it, until I added up to 8 cards. , Make sure everything is ok before removing the rubber band.After practicing again, the cards will not be scattered. This technique is somewhat similar to magic.David's magic is done using a technique similar to this.After I have practiced it, I can edit the cards I need according to the points of the hole cards at will under the eyes of everyone.Of course, it is really difficult to practice well, and I have practiced for a long time, and only I know the hardships.

The card cutting that Brother Zhao taught me is also very practical.The card cutting here is not the kind of marking and cutting that everyone thinks, but the cards are placed on the table after shuffling, and others cut the cards. I take the cards cut by others and cut the cards back to the state I have shuffled .In other words, no matter how you cut my cards on the table, I can recover when I deal the cards, and others will cut in vain.The purpose of practicing this is very simple. When shuffling the cards, I have edited the order of the cards. When the cards are dealt, the order needs to be adjusted back.

The specific action is to hold the card with the left hand, put it in the palm of the hand, and naturally straighten the thumb of the left hand to be even with the edge of the card. On the right side of the card, the little finger finds the position where someone else cuts the card (usually when I finish shuffling, I make a small mark on the top or bottom card that I can feel), and put the index finger on the front of the card to prevent the card from being out of shape.Cutting cards also requires the right hand to cover. The specific method is to extend the right index finger to the upper left side of the poker (it can touch the tip of the left thumb), and the right thumb touches the lower left corner of the poker.Hold the cut poker with the thumb, index and middle fingers of the right hand.When changing the cards, move the right hand slightly to the right, put the card on the root muscle of the left thumb, and let the gap marked by the little finger fully open, and insert the middle finger and ring finger of the right hand into the gap at the same time Here, the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger of the left hand gently pull the lower half of the cards to the right. When pulling, the thumb of the left hand must keep still, so that a gap appears between the two stacks of cards.Then use the middle finger and the end of the ring finger of the left hand to press down the lower stack of cards so that it can rotate around the left thumb.In this way, the two decks of cards are separated from each other.This is not over yet, and then bend the index finger of the right hand, straighten the middle finger of the right hand, the upper half of the poker falls down, and then returns to the original position, and then turns the other half, and the upper half also returns to the original position.At this time, use the thumb of the left hand to push the two stacks of cards into alignment.

It's so long-winded, the forward and backward movement is only 1 second, and all you see is the back of the card with your right hand.I practiced this for nearly two years before I reached the level where I could deceive other people's eyes. The most thrilling trick I learned from Brother Zhao is to send cards into the card last, that is, to send cards into the card last of the casino.It took me three and a half years of practice before I dared to use it, and I can only send 2 copies at most.In this regard, I am far inferior to Brother Zhao. He can send 4 cards at a time, mainly because my fingers are not strong enough to play things.But on the field, sending in one is enough.Moreover, it needs the cooperation of many people to use it in a casino. Someone must block the camera, divert the attention of the croupier and the dealer, and divert the attention of other players at the table. This is a top-notch technique.

Brother Zhao also taught me the basic skills of shuffling cards, which is the perfect shuffling method mentioned at the beginning.The perfect card shuffling method is the basic skill of high-level tricksters. Over the years, I have only seen those two croupier girls use it in Tianjin.The so-called perfect shuffling is to remove the big and small kings from a deck of poker, just cut it in the middle, and hold 26 cards in one hand. Revert to the original order, so just remember the eight-round order. It is very troublesome to practice perfect shuffling. I first used two piles of poker to top each other to achieve the effect of perfect shuffling.Such washing will definitely be suspected in the gambling game.Perfect shuffling is a basic skill, and it can evolve into many kinds. For so many years, I only saw those two little girls in Tianjin using their thumbs to perform perfect shuffling.Some people think that this is similar to a magic show, but in fact the difficulty of the two is not at the same level.

During the magic show, the cards are shuffled diagonally. Anyone can practice it within three days, but to perform a perfect shuffling like a normal shuffling, not many people can do it.I practiced for more than a year, and it took me a lot of layers of skin to do it. When I practiced fiercely, the room was full of poker. The deck is evenly divided into two.In short, in order to practice the perfect shuffle, the hard work and effort I have put in cannot be described in one sentence. After perfect shuffling, the playing cards can accurately calculate the position of each card according to a certain formula.For example, if you hold 26 red cards (heart diamonds) in your left hand and 26 black cards (spades and clubs) in your right hand, if you shuffle the cards once, you must make sure that a deck of cards is black and red.A freshly opened deck of poker is basically A at the top and K at the bottom. If the cards are shuffled using the perfect shuffling method, the order of shuffling a new deck of cards for the first time is AA 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 JJQQKKAA 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 Arranged by JJQQKK; continue to shuffle perfectly for the second time, and the order of the entire deck is AAAA 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 JJJJQQQQKKKK; for the third time continue to shuffle the cards according to the folio, the order is It's a bit messy, but this doesn't affect the arrangement.At first, I memorized the order of the cards by rote, but was laughed at by the master, who gave me a formula.For example, 26 cards are shuffled in each hand, the left hand drops first, and the right hand falls later. The top card of the left hand falls on the position of 2 for the first time. The formula is 2*1-1=1; continue to shuffle like this for the second time. Cards' formula is 2*2-1=3; continue to shuffle like this for the third time, it is 2*3-1=5; continue to shuffle like this for the fourth time, it is 2*4-1=7.This is the simplest calculation method.

Each card has a calculation formula for each card. In order to calculate this thing, I specially hired a science tutor, a beautiful girl, who taught me for two months, mainly to calculate each card that is shuffled out of each perfect shuffle. The inevitable formula of , that is, which sheet it is in.In addition, I have to remember the order in which each card is arranged. I can only memorize it by death. It took me a lot of effort to memorize the 8 times of shuffling. The most interesting basic skill is that after shuffling a deck of poker, you can squeeze out all the air between the cards. The purpose of this is to make some cards you don't need have mutual adsorption.For example, after shuffling the cards, you don’t want them to appear after cutting the cards. You can shuffle these cards together and squeeze out the air inside, and they will stick together. Cards that you don't want to show up go away.

For example, you shuffle the cards you don't want to appear between 11-20 cards, the scattered cards are in the 11th card position, and the next 9 cards are cut away together.Some people may encounter such a thing: they cut the cards when they are playing, and they may bring the whole deck of poker when they mention the top cards, which is similar to this principle. Looking back now, what brother Zhao taught me is very practical. I am not afraid even if I meet a trickster by my side, because he can't catch me, even if he sees that I am cheating, when he comes to catch me After the actions are done, I can say that the original cards are like this, anyway, there is no more than one card, no less.