Half Deck

25 entries in Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Partial / Half Deck
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley´s "Out of this World" False Shuffle and Cut only bottom half is disturbed, in-the-hands Triumph Shuffle
 		1946
Card Control
29
Retaining the Top Stock up to twenty cards, shown by a gambler in Reno
Related to 1960
More Inner Secrets of Card Magic
49
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Shuffle retaining bottom twenty-six cards, hands cover halves
Variations 1968
Expert Card Conjuring
3
Edward Marlo The Work Shank with "applied block transfer" (= Zarrow Shuffle)
 		1972
The Shank Shuffle
17
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Improved Pull Out False Shuffle For Half Deck No. 322, only bottom half retained, presumably true running cut with top half
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
84
Dr. Jacob Daley Half Deck False Shuffle within No. 532, running with one half for half stack
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
149
A Red-Black Shuffle Zarrow where cards are tilted onto edge, as full deck false shuffle in Afterthoughts
 		1973
Rim Shots
34
Red Black Zarrow Shuffle see very bottom of page
 		Nov. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 11)
127
John F. Mendoza Face Up Red-Black Shuffle red and black cards are riffle shuffled multiple times, yet they stay separated
 		1980
John: Verse Two
19
Herb Zarrow The Zarrow Shuffle also as red-black shuffle
 		1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
53
Al Smith Slip Sliding Awaces Ace production with slip cuts, optional retaining of red/black separation with Zarrows
 		1991
Hot Stacks & Cold Decks
4
David Malek Hustlers Shuffle full or half deck
 		2001
Rebel without a Pause
33
Juan Tamariz Other Kinds of False Shuffles
  • A. This is a false shuffle I devised for a half stack, in which spectators appear to shuffle the whole deck. It's quite deceptive.
  • B. Variation for Strippers
  • C. Another method in which the spectator appears to shuffle the whole deck while only shuffling half the cards.
 		2004
Mnemonica
344
Doug Edwards The Z-E Shuffle bottom half stays intact only
 		2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
151
Roberto Giobbi Red-Black False Riffle Shuffle
Also published here Oct. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 10)
18
Roberto Giobbi A Red-Black False Riffle Shuffle application
Inspired byAlso published here 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Apr 3)
104
Darwin Ortiz Red/Black Shuffles
  • with Zarrow Shuffle
  • Strip-Out with real running cut
  • Red/Black Double-Cover Zarrow Shuffle
  • Divided Deck Up-the-ladder Cut
 		2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
166
Edward Marlo, Steve Reynolds Covered Up Shuffle using Bottom Line
  • Half Mem Deck Handling
Inspired by 2019
Beyond the Z
33
Steve Reynolds BTZ Combo
2019
Beyond the Z
41
Steve Forte Carrying Big Slugs
  • building slugs
  • split, immediate riffle, and push - top slugs (SIRP)
  • split, immediate riffle, and push - bottom slugs
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
65
Steve Forte F-strip strip cut with laid jog, optionally followed by riffle shuffle
  • technical observations
    • first stripped packet
    • second stripped packet
    • remaining stripped packets
    • orientation of stripped packets
    • squaring options
    • tight stripping actions
    • split and riffle
    • stripping thin, splitting halves
    • carrying bottom slugs
    • automatic brief
    • f-strip with double cut
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
95
Steve Forte Carrying Half Decks intro comments
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
113
Steve Forte Double-slug Riffles carrying two quarter-deck slugs to effectively carry half the deck
  • double-slug - top/bottom
  • double-slug - top/top
  • double-slug - bottom/bottom
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
113
Steve Forte Half-deck Push-through push-through action used to retain half the deck
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
134
Steve Forte Sliding Slug Pull-outs sliding slugs sell the square-up
  • top-slug slide-over
  • bottom-slug slide-over
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
154