(1) Immediately prior to the commencement of play and after each dealing shoe of cards is dealt, the dealer shall shuffle the cards so that they are randomly intermixed.
(2) After the cards have been shuffled, the dealer shall offer the stack of cards to be cut, with the backs facing away from the dealer, to the player at the farthest point to the right of the dealer but if the game is just beginning, the cards shall be offered to the first player at the red dog table.
(3) If the first player offered the cards refuses the cut, the cards shall be offered to each other player moving clockwise around the red dog table until a player accepts the cut and if no player accepts the cut, the dealer shall cut the cards.
(4) The person making the cut shall place the cutting card in the stack at least 10 cards from either end.
(5) Once the cutting card has been inserted, the dealer shall take all the cards in front of the cutting card and place them to the back of the stack and the dealer shall then insert the cutting card in a position approximately 1/4 of the way from the back of the stack and the stack of cards shall then be inserted into the dealing shoe for commencement of play.