Fellas, I hate to resurrect this very old thread but couldn't resist.
I have been practicing myself for about 3 weeks and have too many frequent 2 card lifts and I make way too much noise. The noise is from my own skin overlaying the deck. Still I kept trying. I was thinking my hands were just too small, and they are small. SO I thought, maybe I could try some bridge cards as they are1/4" more narrow. Possibilities.....
Then tonight I took a deck out of my man purse (go ahead and laugh I get it) Its a standard bicycle stripper deck. Holy Smokes what a difference, never missed a card. GO figure.
Ergo, change practice decks and keep on trucking.