| 4.
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The
Shuffle and Cut
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| 4.1 |
Immediately
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| 4.1.1 |
before the start of play; and
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| 4.1.2 |
at the completion of the last
coup as determined in accordance with
rules 4.9 and 4.10, the dealer shall, unless
pre-shuffled cards are introduced,
shuffle the cards so that they are
randomly intermixed.
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| 4.2 |
Where
pre-shuffled cards are to be introduced the
dealer shall, upon the request of a supervisor or
a player, riffle shuffle the cards immediately
prior to the cut.
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| 4.3 |
After
the cards have been shuffled or when pre-shuffled
cards are introduced, the dealer shall offer the
stack of cards, with backs facing away from
him/her, to the players to be cut. The player to
cut the cards shall be: 4.3.1
the first player to the table if the game is just
commencing; or
4.3.2 the player seated to the
immediate left of the dealer.
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| 4.4 |
If
the player designated in rule 4.3 refuses the
cut, the cards shall be offered to each player
moving clockwise around the table until a player
accepts the cut. If no player accepts the cut, a
game supervisor shall cut the cards.
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| 4.5 |
The
person designated in rule 4.3 or 4.4 shall cut
the cards by placing the cutting card in the
stack at least one deck in from either end of the
stack.
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| 4.6 |
Once
the cutting card has been inserted by the person
designated in these rules the dealer shall take
all cards in front of the cutting card and place
them to the back of the stack, after which the
dealer shall insert the cutting card at least
twenty cards in from the back of the stack. The
stack of cards shall then be inserted in the card
shoe for commencement of play.
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| 4.7 |
Before
the start of play following each shuffle and cut
of cards, the dealer shall:
| 4.7.1 |
remove the first card from the
shoe or shuffling device, face up;
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| 4.7.2 |
draw, face down, additional
cards equal in number to the face value
of the first card drawn; and
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| 4.7.3 |
burn the first and additional
cards drawn.
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| 4.8 |
For
the purposes of rule 4.7 a ten, jack, queen and
king shall have a face value of ten and an ace a
face value of one.
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| 4.9 |
Subject
to rule 4.10, whenever the cutting card appears
during play, it shall be removed and placed to
the side and the coup shall be completed. Upon
completion of that coup, the dealer calling the
game shall announce "last coup". Upon
completion of one more coup, the cards shall be
replaced or reshuffled.
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