Blocking Off

Riffle Shuffle Controls — Part Two

1996
Written by Karl Fulves
Work of Karl Fulves
206 pages (Spiralbound), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Joseph K. Schmidt
Language: English
134 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Karl Fulves Scarne's Secret intro about Scarne's riffle culling and on the nature of riffle shuffle work with analogies
 		1
Karl Fulves Stop & Think comments on psychological forces in which cards are riffled before spectator's eyes
Related to 6
J. W. Sarles Riffle and Think prominent KS between red spot cards riffled before spectator
Inspired by 9
Karl Fulves Remotely Possible spectator thinks of odd-backed card, ungaffed, psychological force
Inspired by 10
Karl Fulves Psychological Riffle Force Handling in-jogged card as short card
 		11
Karl Fulves Thoughts Of Others card written down by a spectator is though of during riffling by other spectator, O'Connor's Instanto Pack
Related to 11
Jack McMillen, Judson S. Brown Telltale Color card of different color glimpsed during riffle shuffle, with references
Related to
  • The Sphinx (March 1934)
 12
Karl Fulves Notes on psychological riffle force
Related to 13
Karl Fulves Riffle Glimpse chapter intro
 		14
Karl Fulves Reflex Action reading exercise
 		15
Karl Fulves Color Fast glimpsing odd-colored card in packet, riffle glimpse exercise
 		15
Karl Fulves Color Double riffle glimpse exercise, Telltale Color with two cards
  • Conditions (additional exercises)
Inspired by 16
Karl Fulves Two Handed Glimpse riffle glimpse exercise with either hand
 		18
Karl Fulves How Fast? discussion of speed of riffling with analogies from movies
 		19
Karl Fulves Random Stop glimpsing selection next to key card during riffle shuffle
 		22
Karl Fulves Stop Order riffle glimpse exercise
 		23
Karl Fulves Concluding Notes on riffle glimpse
 		24
Karl Fulves Sizing Up Breaks chapter intro
 		25
Karl Fulves Tossing Quarters corner torn off and tossed next to selection (with missing corner) in deck
 		25
Karl Fulves Lifting at Corner Short without riffling
 		27
Karl Fulves How Small A Break? exercises
 		27
Karl Fulves Royal Reunion index corner from a J, Q and K torn off, performer tosses each corner in deck next to its counterpart
 		30
Karl Fulves Side Effects gaffed deck with various shortened cards, cutting to any card of tabled deck
Related to 32
Karl Fulves Fourthcoming with named four-of-a-kind, using Side Effects Deck
 		36
Karl Fulves Named Stranger Triumph named card has different back, using Side Effects Deck
Related to 38
Karl Fulves The Shallow Cut solutions if the named card is near the top or bottom and it should be brought to top with tabled riffle shuffle, using Side Effects Deck
 		41
Karl Fulves Simple Stebbins using Side Effects Deck with Si Stebbins set-up
Related to 44
Karl Fulves Cheat Deck card thought (one person suit, another value), stacked and five cards corner shorted
 		47
Karl Fulves, John Scarne Blocking Off "This principle, invented by John Scarne, is called blocking off."
  • Blocking Off Defined
  • Blocking Off
  • Parallel Offset
  • Conditions
  • Right Side Glimpse
 		50
Karl Fulves Stop Sign cards turned up until previously named card is reached, its value counted down to find spectator's selection
 		57
Karl Fulves More Blocking Controls chapter intro
 		59
Karl Fulves Angled Square-Up
60
Karl Fulves Reverse Step
61
Karl Fulves Two Step blocking off two cards in one shuffle
 		61
Karl Fulves Two By Four shuffled deck, performer shuffles and cuts three piles, then names bottom cards, then new bottom cards are Aces
 		62
Karl Fulves Advanced Placement
64
Karl Fulves Blocking The Aces exercise for riffle culling
 		65
Karl Fulves Mastering The Riffle Stop exercises for riffle culling
 		67
Karl Fulves Blocking Out X
69
Karl Fulves Not Here what to do when wanted card was not glimpsed in riffle culling
 		71
Karl Fulves Open Handed
72
John Scarne Block Release free selection, odd-backed duplicate is in deck, riffle shuffle method
 		73
Karl Fulves Royalist royal flush stacking plot, posed as problem
 		75
Karl Fulves In-Line Breaks
76
Karl Fulves Peripherals riffle cull exercise with odd-backed card
 		77
Karl Fulves Applications chapter intro
 		78
Karl Fulves No Contact Location spectator cuts and remembers face card, dealt into four piles
Related to 79
Karl Fulves Stand-Up Maneuvers comment
 		80
Karl Fulves Your Card Mine spectator choses card for performer and vice versa, they then divine each other's card
 		81
Karl Fulves End Tap
82
Karl Fulves Beginners Only card chosen via cut/deal procedure and shuffled back is located by stabbing card next to it
 		83
Karl Fulves Across the Table Glimpse during riffle shuffle, shallow angle
 		83
Karl Fulves Self-Force spectator forces card on himself
 		84
Karl Fulves M & M "manipulative & mathematical", one spectator thinks of card in eight-card group, faros
 		86
Karl Fulves The Value of X spectator stops at another spectator's selection during deal
 		89
Karl Fulves Multitudinous cutting to three Nines and shows them to different spectators, they all see the Nine of Spades which is then removed from wallet
 		90
Karl Fulves Tabled Multiple Lift set up via blocking off
 		90
Karl Fulves Lost, Found performer cuts to two fairly chosen and lost cards
 		92
Karl Fulves Gemini Twins Key Placement out of hands
 		92
Karl Fulves Ten Tricks chapter intro
 		94
Karl Fulves Pat Hand Pete performer cuts at a pair in shuffled deck to complete a full house
 		94
Karl Fulves Krypto card in shuffled deck above a card with marked back is named by performer via x-ray
 		95
Karl Fulves Trifecta after cutting and dealing three jacks are on top of three piles, re-dealing
 		96
Karl Fulves Well Spelt impromptu speller, performer cuts off a packet and spells a card, it's the last card
 		98
Karl Fulves Spell Re-Tell two cards spelled to from shuffled deck
 		99
Karl Fulves The Block Trap card named, it appears between two red aces on deck and has odd back
 		100
Karl Fulves Interzone any card named, packet cut off by performer and named card is left after under/down procedure, riffle shuffle placement
 		102
Karl Fulves A Note On Timing releasing cards during riffle shuffle, exercise
 		104
Karl Fulves Fork Lift stabbing with fork into deck
 		105
Karl Fulves Return To Base aces lost, then shown together at bottom
 		106
Karl Fulves Center To Center stacking challenge, posed as problem
Related to 109
Karl Fulves No Breaks chapter intro
 		110
Karl Fulves Shuffle Crimp riffle cull with crimp
Related to 110
Karl Fulves On Crimp Work general comments
 		113
Karl Fulves The Dome con game in which Aces are dealt and if first two are of different color, player wins
Related to 114
Karl Fulves Thickset four cards glued together
 		116
Karl Fulves Short End short card as key
 		118
Karl Fulves No-Break Cull using thick or short card
 		119
Karl Fulves Topped Gaff gaff in which short card is glued inside thick card
 		121
Karl Fulves Cull-Stock Notes chapter intro
 		122
Karl Fulves Color Cull exercise, culling five red cards to bottom
 		123
Karl Fulves Cull To The Top
124
Karl Fulves Royal Cull two pair or better riffle culled
 		125
John Scarne The Flush Cull
125
Karl Fulves A Quick Pair riffle culling a pair, including "Tips On The Handling"
 		126
John Scarne John Scarne's Method blocking off above the card
Related to
  • "The Cull Riffle of the Mysterious Kid" (Revelations, 1984)
 129
Karl Fulves Four Of A Kind problems with riffle culling four-of-a-kind
 		131
Karl Fulves The Edge edge marked cards and riffle culling
 		132
Karl Fulves Cool Hand Duke cull stack
  • No Kings In Packet
  • One King In Packet
  • Two Kings In Packet
  • Three Kings In Packet
  • The Routine
 		134
Karl Fulves Retaining Full Deck Order - Push Thru Method riffle culling a card while retaining order of rest
 		137
Karl Fulves Zarrow Shuffle Method riffle culling a card while retaining order of rest
 		138
Karl Fulves Improv Aces four kings lost in deck reversed one by one, spread on table, kings are next to the matching aces, with stack handling
 		139
Karl Fulves Negativism on the future of magic
 		142
Karl Fulves Sign-Steal-Deliver free selection is signed, four riffle shuffles, spectator gets flush with his selection, performer a royal flush, first flush cull-stacked on the fly
 		143
Karl Fulves No Looking chapter intro, about glimpsing for card during riffle culling with shiner type things
 		146
Karl Fulves Nail Glimpse clear nail polish
 		147
Audley Walsh Reflection
Related to 147
Karl Fulves Named-Card Stab shiny blade
 		148
Karl Fulves Stationary Shiner attached to table edge, swing out shiner
 		148
Karl Fulves Stationary Shiner for Shuffle Work
149
Karl Fulves Glimpse via Scarne shiner glimpse with Scarne's blocking off method (p. 129)
 		150
Burling Hull, Karl Fulves Electra-Trance Card mirror on back of joker
 		151
Karl Fulves Concluding Notes shiners and impromptu shiners
 		151
Karl Fulves Cut Controls chapter intro, cuts in context of riffle shuffle work
 		153
Karl Fulves Block Cut tabled transfer cut, spectator finds other spectator's selection in five-card poker hand because other four cards are the aces
 		154
Karl Fulves 3-Way Cut
Inspired by
  • "A False Cut" (Joe Berg, The Berg Book, 1983)
 157
Purvis W. Miller The Gambler during replacement or pick-up of deck, originally from "Tops", illustrated by J. K. Schmidt, see also p. 162
 		159
Karl Fulves Transfer Cut bottom stock to top
Inspired by 160
Karl Fulves Delayed Response pull-down move anecdote
 		162
Karl Fulves, Sammy Green Con Man's Cut marking off where to cut
 		163
Karl Fulves Blackjack Cut moving slug of high cards to bottom after shuffle and cut by shill
 		165
Karl Fulves Bait & Switch using six decks for blackjack game
 		167
Karl Fulves Option Cut bringing a glimpsed card to either top or bottom after it's blocked off
 		170
Karl Fulves The Agent's Cut
171
John Scarne Slick Aces named four-of-a-kind lost and cut to one by one (with distribution shuffle/honest aces), last ace appears with other 3 on spectator's hand
Related to 172
Audley Walsh Ace Assembly brief
Related to 172
Karl Fulves Gambler's Den chapter intro, on gambling demonstrations
 		174
Karl Fulves, John Scarne Cut For High Card
175
Karl Fulves Leverage how knowledge of bottom card helps
 		176
Karl Fulves Reparation cull-stacking a pair
 		179
Karl Fulves Retaining Top Stock two shuffles and straight cut, two procedures
 		181
Karl Fulves Shuffle Functions
183
Karl Fulves Bottom Stock Stays blocking off technique used
 		184
Karl Fulves Bottom Stock To Top
185
Karl Fulves Stock Transfer bottom stock control despite obviously losing it
 		186
Karl Fulves Two Edged spectator and performer remember any card they see during riffle shuffle, performer cuts to both cards, blocking off twice
 		187
Karl Fulves Subconscious Secret royal flush on second deal
Inspired by
  • "Subconscious Poker" (Bob Fisher)
Related to 		190
Karl Fulves Securing Break after blocking off
 		192
John Scarne Triple Threat performer cuts to three signed and lost cards during tabled riffle shuffles (or: full house named, performer cuts to those five cards)
 		193
John Scarne Overhand Shuffle Control three cards, key, see also p. 196 for variation
 		193
Karl Fulves, Alek Akalaitis All Angle Square Up fine work
 		198
Karl Fulves Center Stacking
201
Gary Najarian Practicing Riffle Stacking
203
Karl Fulves Shuffle Manuscripts list of Fulves's publications on riffle shuffle work
 		205
Data entered by Denis Behr, January 2016.