CEO Gavin Isaacs, spearheading Shufflemaster’s foray into online poker.

Less than 48 hours after Shuffle Master Gaming said the company’s profits surged 23 percent in the second quarter, executives from the gaming equipment provider flew to New York City and held an “analyst day” for the investment community.

Call it a victory lap for Gavin Isaacs, who in April completed his first year as Shuffle Master’s chief executive officer.

That afternoon, Isaacs and his company’s executive team rang the closing bell at the Nasdaq National Market, celebrating Shuffle Master’s 20th anniversary on the stock exchange.

He tweeted out to his followers, “every day we’re shuffling.”

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