Stina Marie Shuffle

A method of shuffling cards, origination unknown, but popularized in Michigan and Virginia, USA. The method consists of throwing a deck (or more, in multi - deck circumstances) on the table face down and then mixing them up by moving them around the table and each other haphazardly. It is said (although not validated) that this method of shuffling mixes cards up more thoroughly than with a standard shuffle. There is no correlation between use of the method and achieving success in card games.

If you don’t own a card shuffler, sometimes a Stina Marie shuffle is the best way to shuffle 4 decks of cards for a hand of canasta.