18.—The pack must neither be shuffled below the table, nor so that the face of any card be seen.
19.—The pack must not be shuffled during the play of the hand.
20.—A pack, having been played with, must not be shuffled by dealing it into packets.
21.—Each player has a right to shuffle once only, except as provided by Law 24, prior to a deal, after a false cut,[[51]] or prior to a new deal.[[52]]
22.—The dealer's partner must collect the cards for the ensuing deal, and has the first right to shuffle that pack.
23.—Each player, after shuffling, must place the cards, properly collected and face downwards, to the left of the player about to deal them.
24.—The dealer has always the right to shuffle last. Should a card or cards be seen during his shuffling or whilst giving the pack to be cut, he may be compelled to re-shuffle.
The Deal.
25.—The deal commences with the player who cut the original lowest card, the next deal falls to the player on his left, and so on until the rubber is finished.