Beginning Magic Technique: A Shuffle and Bridge

Grab the cards with your fingers along the short edges of the cards and your thumbs on top, and arch the interlaced cards. Most of the work when arching the cards is performed by the fingers. Once the interlaced cards are arched, you can release the fingers so the cards come together and fall into a single heap. This is known as bridging the cards. Straighten out the cards. Your shuffle is complete.

Tips: Practice step two, splitting the deck, so that you split the deck in the same way each time. Before performing the shuffle, you want to be able to perform it in a crisp, clean manner.