I'll keep practicing, and hopefully with the tips and advice that keeps coming, I can figure out how to get it right. Failure has felt a little dry, but it's nice to see that the community is eager to keep everyone's hopes up. Other than that, I have tried riffle shuffle and failed, and haven't tried anything else since then, since I think everything else is much harder, and if I can't get the riffle shuffle, I certainly won't get the other moves. All I can do successfully so far, are the basic grips, and the smear fan (it's not as well executed as others I've seen online, but it's still something). Their cards seem so loose yet still firm enough to not completely fall apart. The cards still feel a bit tight and clumpy, at least compared to what I see in the above tutorials. ![]() I am not sure whether my deck is already broken in or not, because I haven't succeeded at riffle shuffle even once. I just signed up for the pdf, and will read it once I'm home from work. I tried both ways, since I have no idea which one of the techniques is right and better, and who to believe over the other. For example, SoC tells me to straighten out my index fingers during the riffle, while LiH tells me to curl it in for a better bend. I use those two tutorials, and even they don't agree with each other on everything. And even if they don't accidentally get pushed together, the bridge doesn't come riffling down like it does in the videos, the cards just relax down. I sometimes accidentally push them together using the upper palm without wanting to, but I have to apply pressure as per the instructions provided in the tutorials. The arc, the curve isn't as smooth or circularly shaped as it is in most tutorials. Finally, I can't make the bridge properly. And also, they riffle off of my thumb in clumps, which makes things worse. If I do it in the air, the cards that I slide my thumb off of end up falling down instead of staying horizontal and parallel to the ground in my hands like they should. ![]() I divide the deck into almost halves, but then when I try to riffle the halves (is that the right way to say it), the come down in clumps. I am positive that I am getting something or the other wrong, it isn't just the deck. That's perfect, I am more than willing to break them in. The problem is, the deck is new, and based on what I've read online, new decks need to be broken in, and once you do that, it gets easier. ![]() During the practice, I was unable to do the riffle shuffle. I recently got Bicycle cards and started practicing. I live in a small town, where no one else does this, so I can't ask for help in person, and I have no other decks to borrow. As the title suggests, I am new to this, have no prior exposure.
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