Per some of the comments here that have called for someone to review Robert Lloyd's shuffling to determine if he is cheating: I am someone who has enjoyed magic card tricks and slight of hand as an artform/hobby in the past. That is my credential. I have reviewed shuffling. I am taking notice that: 1. Narset fell out of the pack and found its way into being the 10th card from the top of the deck when it came time to draw his hand. 2. When Narset fell out of the deck, he put it directly on top of his deck before continuing to shuffle. 3. His shuffle was clumsy which is weird for someone who otherwise incorporates some degree of embellishments to the way he handles cards, like when playing cards and drawing cards. 4. The first shuffle he did in that sequence was entirely an overhand shuffle; whereas the first shuffle he did after putting the Narset on top of the deck was a weaving shuffle into a hybrid of overhand and weaving. Overall, I cannot be certain one way or another. At this time, given this evidence, I'm going to arrive at the conclusion that it is more likely that he was not cheating. There's a chance, but it's not a very high chance. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt here since my suspicion of him cheating is at maybe 20%, and my belief that he's not cheating is 80%. The primary reason I believe he is not cheating is that when I slow the shuffling down and really look closely at it, the technique itself appears very unpracticed, very poor. It's hard to fake being bad at shuffling like that. Maybe he's an incredible con artist, but I just don't believe that. I'm going to say he's an honest player that should look at this video and these comments and just be careful in the future about the way his card handling can be misinterpreted.
Per some of the comments here that have called for someone to review Robert Lloyd's shuffling to determine if he is cheating: I am someone who has enjoyed magic card tricks and slight of hand as an artform/hobby in the past. That is my credential.
I have reviewed shuffling. I am taking notice that:
1. Narset fell out of the pack and found its way into being the 10th card from the top of the deck when it came time to draw his hand.
2. When Narset fell out of the deck, he put it directly on top of his deck before continuing to shuffle.
3. His shuffle was clumsy which is weird for someone who otherwise incorporates some degree of embellishments to the way he handles cards, like when playing cards and drawing cards.
4. The first shuffle he did in that sequence was entirely an overhand shuffle; whereas the first shuffle he did after putting the Narset on top of the deck was a weaving shuffle into a hybrid of overhand and weaving.
Overall, I cannot be certain one way or another. At this time, given this evidence, I'm going to arrive at the conclusion that it is more likely that he was not cheating. There's a chance, but it's not a very high chance. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt here since my suspicion of him cheating is at maybe 20%, and my belief that he's not cheating is 80%. The primary reason I believe he is not cheating is that when I slow the shuffling down and really look closely at it, the technique itself appears very unpracticed, very poor. It's hard to fake being bad at shuffling like that. Maybe he's an incredible con artist, but I just don't believe that. I'm going to say he's an honest player that should look at this video and these comments and just be careful in the future about the way his card handling can be misinterpreted.
Robert Lloyd shuffling needs to be reveiwed
17:48 dropping your deck on your opponents black lotus is hella disrespectful
That shuffling by Robert Lloyd right off the bat is a bit sketch, to follow up with only a cut by his opponent