Many of us online poker players instinctively cut the cards without thinking about it. If you pay the way that I grew up learning the dealer is responsible for passing the newly shuffled cards t o the online poker player on his left. The left side player then has to cut the cards into two piles and place the bottom pile on top of the first. When I learned to play cards, I was told that cutting was used to get more players involved with the game. I secretly held a suspicion that my mother instituted it just so she would not have to listen to me whine about not getting to deal. As I grew up, I realized that there was an actual reason for cutting the deck. It is technically implemented so that the poker dealer has checks and balances on their dealing ability. Did you know that it was first used when the dealing was done by hand so that the dealer was not manipulating the deck? It is up to you to decide whether you want to want to keep this old style practice in play. It’s a fun practice that most people recognize as part of the game, but it does imply that you don’t rust your friends.