Mechanical card shufflers

[CaptLudd]

I do not intend to sleeve the cards but neither do i want to wear them out quickly by bending them constantly shuffling them. Has anyone tried to use one of those card shufflers that poker players use?

[Firedale2002]

We've tried, but because the cards are a bit lighter than normal playing cards, they don't really have enough weight to push down against the spinners that fling the cards together to shuffle them.

We've resorted to pile shuffling or simple split and cut shuffling, that way, there's no card bending.

[CaptLudd]

Firedale2002 wrote:

We've tried, but because the cards are a bit lighter than normal playing cards, they don't really have enough weight to push down against the spinners that fling the cards together to shuffle them.

We've resorted to pile shuffling or simple split and cut shuffling, that way, there's no card bending.

Now that was quick! Thanks for the response i will not be bending my cards. On the subject of sleeves, if i were to investigate prices what size or model type am i looking for?