26. If any one break up a table, the remaining players have the prior right to him of entry into any other; and should there not be sufficient vacancies at such other table to admit all those candidates, they settle their precedence by cutting.
Shuffling.
27. The pack must neither be shuffled below the table, nor so that the face of any card be seen.
28. The pack must not be shuffled during the play of the hand.
29. A pack, having been played with, must neither be shuffled by dealing it into packets, nor across the table.
30. Each player has a right to shuffle once only (except as provided by Law 33) prior to a deal, after a false cut, or when a new deal has occurred.
31. The dealer's partner must collect the cards for the ensuing deal, and has the first right to shuffle that pack.
32. Each player, after shuffling, must place the cards, properly collected and face downwards, to the left of the player about to deal.
33. The dealer has always the right to shuffle last; but 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.